IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8799 of 2021

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Manish Kumar Singh, Son of Sri Ram Pukar Singh resident of Village-

Manjurahea, P.S. -Aurangabad (M) and District-Aurangabad (Bihar).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Land

Reforms and Revenue, Govt. of Bihar, Patna (Bihar).

2.

The District Magistrate cum Collector, Aurangabad.

3.

The Additional Collector, Aurangabad.

4.

The Sub Divisional Officer, Sub Division, Aurangabad, District-

Aurangabad.

5.

The Deputy Collector Land Reform, Aurangabad.

6.

The Circle Officer, Circle Aurangabad (Bihar).

... ... Respondent/s

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Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s

:

Mr.Vyas Kumar Mishra, Advocate

For the Respondent/s

:

Mr. Arun Kumar Bhagat, AC to AAG-12

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH

ORAL ORDER

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08-09-2022

The present writ petition has been filed seeking the

following reliefs:-

“(1). That this writ petition is being filed in the

nature of mandamus commanding and directing

upon the concerned respondent to remove

encroachment made over the “Aam Land” used as

Rasta by the villagers recorded in the cadastral

survey Khatiyan as “Gairmajarua Aam Land” by

demarcating/measuring the land in question by

initiating proceeding under the Bihar Public Land

Encroachment (Amendment) Act, 2012 by issuing

notice under Section 3 of the Act upon the

encroachments and 77 in numbers passing order

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under Section 6(1) of the Act.”

At the outset, the learned counsel for the petitioner

seeks liberty on behalf of the petitioner to approach the Circle

Officer, Aurangabad, District-Aurangabad for redressal of his

aforesaid grievance.

Liberty so sought is granted.

It is needless to state that in case the petitioner

approaches the Circle Officer, Aurangabad District-Aurangabad

by filing appropriate petition under the provisions of the Bihar

Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956, within a period of four

weeks from today, the same shall be considered, in accordance

with law and after hearing the affected parties, appropriate

orders shall be passed thereon, forthwith.

The writ petition stands disposed off on the aforesaid

terms.

S.Sb/-

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J)

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