IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16452 of 2008 HARISH CHANDRA THAKUR SON OF RAM YUGAL SINGH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE BARUARA, P.S. BAHADURPUR, DISTRICT DARBHANGA………………………..PETITIONER. VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, DARBHANGA 3. SUB-DIVISIONAL MAGISTRATE, SADAR, DARBHANGA 4. CIRCLE OFFICER,BAHADURPUR, DISTRICT DARBHANGA. 5. BRAMHDEO YADAV SON OF LATE RAMESHWAR YADAV @ BAUKU YADAV, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE BARUARA, P.S. BAHADURPUR, DISTRICT DARBHANGA ……...RESPONDENTS. For the petitioner : M/s Narendra Kumar and Sadanand Roy, Advocates. For the State : Mr. Abinash Kumar, AC to GP-1 ----------- 04/ 26.08.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State and its authorities. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for a direction to the respondents authorities to remove encroachment from the public land bearing Rural Road situated on Plot No.1212 at Mauza Baruara in the district of Darbhanga, which according to the petitioner had been illegally encroached by private respondent no.5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has filed Encroachment Case No.08 of 2006-2007 under the provision of the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, but the said case is still pending as the authority concerned, namely Anchal Adhikari, Bahadurpur, is not taking any step in that regard. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to approach the said Anchal Adhikari within fifteen days from today along with a copy of 2 this order as well as an application for early disposal of the said case. If the said order is complied by the petitioner, Anchal Adhikari, Bahadurpur shall take all necessary steps in accordance with law and shall decide the encroachment case on its merit expeditiously preferably within three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Harish (S.N. Hussain, J.)