Anil Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CWJC No.8170 of 2025 (decided 08-04-2026, Ajit Kumar, J): writ petition concerning alleged encroachment by private respondents 6 and 7 over public land used as a public road (Khat No. 77, Khesra No. 4616, Sangrampur, East Champaran) disposed of with directions to the petitioner to file a fresh representation and to the Circle Officer, Sangrampur to initiate proceeding under Section 3 of the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956, adjudicate after notice, and render the land encroachment-free within statutory time.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with observations and directions: petitioner to file a fresh representation with full details of the encroachers; Circle Officer, Sangrampur to initiate proceeding under Section 3 of the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956 after notice to all concerned, adjudicate the issues, and make the land encroachment-free if found to be public land encroached by private persons; entire exercise to be completed within the statutory time.