IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.21229 of 2011 Ramashankar Prasad Chaudhary Son of Ganga Prasad Chaudhary, r/o village- Paigambarpur Koluha, P.S.- Ahiyapur, District- Muzaffarpur. . . . . . . Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Collector, Muzaffarpur. 2. The Collector, Muzaffarpur. 3. The Additional Collector, Muzaffarpur. 4. The Circle Officer, Kanti, Muzaffarpur. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Road Construction Department (North Bihar) Road Division No.2, Muzaffarpur. . . . . Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2/ 05.12.2011 The petitioner claims to have purchased a piece of land situated at Paigambarpur Koluha, P.S. Ahiyapur measuring 5 decimals of land appertaining to khata no. 949 Khesara no. 3243 by registered sale deed dated 24.02.2006. The Superintending Engineer, Road Construction Department (North Bihar Circle), Road Division No.2 wrote a letter to the petitioner to remove encroachment made by the petitioner. The petitioner submits that a letter dated 30.11.2011 was issued by the Circle Officer, Kanti, Muzzaffarpur asking the petitioner to remove the encroachment. Counsel for the State submits that the map mentioned in the order of the Circle Officer would show that petitioner has made encroachment. On the other hand counsel for the petitioner submits that the copy of map has not been given to him. It appears that petitioner has already made his objection before the Circle Officer, Kanti, which would be disposed of preferably within a period of three weeks. In case, if he finds that any portion of Public land has been encroached, he 2 would be at liberty to proceed with the demolition of the same. However, it will be open for the petitioner to appear within the time indicated above to present his case in person. Status quo as of today would be maintained for a period of four weeks from today. This court has not expressed any opinion regarding the rival claim of the parties. The authorities would proceed in the matter in accordance with law without being prejudiced. Let the order be communicated to Collector, Muzaffarpur through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)