Rakesh Kumar Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CWJC No.5532 of 2024, dated 05-04-2024; coram K. Vinod Chandran, CJ (author, oral judgment) and Harish Kumar, J. Petitioner: Rakesh Kumar Singh (counsel: Sunil Kumar Singh, Advocate). Respondents: State of Bihar through DM Vaishali, Land Reform Deputy Collector Hajipur, Executive Engineer Rural Work Department Vaishali, Circle Officer Bhagwanpur (counsel: P.K. Shahi, Advocate General). Statute: Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956. Outcome: petition dismissed with liberty to use the alternate statutory remedy; no merits or locus standi observations; PIL barred where alternate efficacious remedy available. Keywords: public interest litigation, alternate efficacious remedy, extraordinary writ jurisdiction, locus standi, Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act 1956.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to proceed under the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956; dismissal without any observation on merits or on the petitioner's locus standi.