JUDGMENT :

RAJESH SHANKAR, J.

1. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order dated 16.09.2021 passed by the respondent No. 2 in Encroachment Appeal Case No. 03 of 2016-17 (Annexure-13 to the writ petition) whereby the said appeal preferred by the petitioner has been dismissed directing the respondent No. 4 to remove the alleged encroachment from the petitioner's raiyati land appertaining to part area of Khata No. 77, Plot No. 44, Mouza-Gorhimal, P.S+District-Godda, Thana No. 503, measuring an area of 0.0379 Acre [hereinafter referred to as ‘the said land’] within two months from the date of the order. Further prayer has been made for quashing the notice dated 14.03.2016 (Annexure-10 to the writ petition) issued by the respondent No. 4 in Land Encroachment Case No. 01/16 whereby the petitioner was directed to remove the alleged encroachment from the said land.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the land appertaining to Jamabandi No. 74, Plot Nos. 44 & 42, Mouza-Gorhimal, P.S+District-Godda originally belonged to Raja Krityanand Bahadur Singh and others of Rajya Bandeli Estate, Godda. The said land was settled in the name of the petitioner's grandfath