IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.574 of 2011 BRAJ KISHORE PRASAD RAI Son of late Thakur Prasad Rai, resident of village Kasbe Ahar, Police Station Tajpur , District Samastipur … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, 2. The Secretary, Department of Revenue, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariate, Patna, 3. The Collector, Samastipur, 4. The Superintendent of Police, Samastipur, 5. The Sub-divisional Officer, Samastipur, Sub-division, District Samastipur, 6. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Samastipur, 7. The Block Development Officer, Tajpur Block, District Samastipur, 8. The Circle Officer, Tajpur Circle, District Samastipur, 9. Satya Narayan Bhagat son of late Ramautar Bhagat, resident of village Kasbe Ahar, Police Station Tajpur , District Samastipur, 10. Jitendra Rai sonof Satya Narayan Bhagtat, resident of village Kasbe Ahar, Police Station Tajpur , District Samastipur… … Respondents For the Petitioner: Mr. Anirudh Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay, SC 24 ----------- 2 17.01.2011 Heard the parties. The petitioner is a resident of village Kasbe Ahar under Tajpur Police Station in the District of Samastipur. He has preferred this writ petition for a direction upon the Circle Officer, Tajpur, respondent no. 8 to take legal and appropriate action for removal of encroachment upon a public road/Rasta. In support of the alleged encroachment, a report of the Circle Inspector dated 28.06.2005 has been 2 annexed as Annexure 2. That report is in the form of letter to the Circle Officer in response to a letter bearing no. 154 dated 27.03.2004. Considering the contents of the Annexure 2, it is expected that if the matter is still pending without any final decision, then the Circle Officer, respondent no. 8, shall get the inquiry completed and pass final order exercising power of Collector under the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act in accordance with law at an early date, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. SC (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)