RAJESH SHANKAR, J.

1. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order dated 16.10.2015 passed in Encroachment Case No. 3 of 2014-15 by the Circle Officer, Chas (Bokaro), whereby the application dated 27.6.2014 filed by the petitioner under Bihar (now Jharkhand) Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956 against the respondent Nos. 4 to 19 has been dismissed. Further prayer has been made for quashing the order dated 16.2.2016/23.2.2016 passed by the Collector-cum-District Magistrate, Bokaro, whereby the Encroachment Appeal No. 38 of 2016 filed against the order dated 16.10.2015 in Encroachment Case No. 3 of 2014-15 has been rejected. The factual background of the case as stated in the writ petition is that the land under Plot No. 69, Khata No. 67 of Mouza-Mamarkudar, Thana No. 92, Area 62 decimals at Chas, District-Bokaro (hereinafter referred to as "the said land") is a Government land and is recorded as Gair Abad Malik in the Khatian of the year 1925. The petitioner being a public spirited person filed an application dated 27.6.2014 before the Deputy Collector Land Reform (DCLR), Chas, Bokaro and requested for removing the encroachment made by the respondent Nos. 4 t