IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No. 8691 of 2010 ========================================== Santosh Kumar Singh @Santosh Ray s/o Umesh Singh, r/o village – Dhepura, P.S. – Bisfi, District – Madhubani …… Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Govt. Road Construction, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Madhubani 4. The Superintendent of Police, Madhubani 5. The Sub-divisional Officer, Benipatti, Madhubani 6. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Benipatti, Madhubani 7. The Circle Officer, Bisfi, Madhubani 8. The Circle Inspector, Bisfi, Madhubani 9. The Officer-in-Charge, Bisfi P.S., Madhubani 10. Hare Narayan Rai, s/o late Ram Rai, r/o village – Dhepura Bisfi P.S., Madhubani 11. Kailash Mahto s/o late Dahar Mahto, r/o village – Dhepura Bisfi P.S., Madhubani 12. The Chairman, National Highway Authority of India, New Delhi 13. The Project Director, NHAI, Darbhanga ……… Respondents =================================================== APPEARANCE For the Petitioner : Mr. Rajeev Roy, Mr. Manoj Kumar Jha, Advocates For the State Respondents : Mr. Arvind Kumar, GP XVII For the Respondents 12 & 13: Mr.Bidhu Ranjan, Advocate =================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 5 24/8/2010 Learned advocate Mr. Arvind Kumar appears for the State of Bihar and other authorities. He states that the authorities have agreed that part of the public land forming National Highway has been encroached upon as alleged. The District Magistrate, Madhubani will take appropriate steps for removal of encroachment 2 as early as possible but not beyond three months from today. In view of the aforesaid statement made on behalf of the respondent authorities and the counter affidavit made by the Circle Officer, no further order is required to be made on this petition except that the District Magistrate, Madhubani and the concerned Circle Officer will be responsible to remove the encroachment in question within three months from today. Subject to the above direction, the petition stands disposed of. Copy of this order be given to learned advocates appearing for the parties. Neyaz/ ( R. M. Doshit,CJ.) ( Jyoti Saran, J.)