Ram Pravesh Singh v. The State of Bihar
Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956 – Sections 6(1) and 11
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC No.6167 of 2023, Patna High Court, decided 26-11-2024, Mohit Kumar Shah, J. Petitioners: Ram Pravesh Singh and others of village-Uddaini, P.S.-Gopalpur, Anchal-Sampatchak, District-Patna versus State of Bihar, District Magistrate Patna, Additional Collector, SSP Patna, SDO Sadar, DCLR Patna Sadar, Circle Officer Sampatchak. Keywords: Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act 1956; Section 6(1); Section 11 appeal; Encroachment Case No.01 of 2017-18; order dated 16.03.2023; general notice removal of encroachment; Khata No.50; Khesra No.340 and 341; Title Suit No.115 of 2023; Sub-Judge-I Patna; liberty to prosecute suit; status quo eight weeks; injunction; writ disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with (i) liberty to prosecute Title Suit No.115 of 2023 before Sub-Judge-I, Patna; (ii) status quo qua the petitioners' land/houses to be maintained for eight weeks to enable obtaining injunction in the suit; and (iii) liberty to file an appeal under Section 11 of the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956 against the order dated 16.03.2023 in Encroachment Case No.01 of 2017-18, such appeal if filed within four weeks to be heard on merits.