IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4464 of 2010 MD.USMAN S/O LATE ABDUL KHAIR MIAN R/O VILLAGE - SISAEI , P.O - BARAULI, P.S - BARAULI, DISTRICT – GOPALGANJ ………..PETITIONER VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE COLLECTOR GOPALGANJ 3. THE CIRCLE OFFICER, BARAULI, P.S - BARAULI, DISTRICT - GOPALGANJ 4. HALKA KARAMCHARI, N.A.C., BAROULI, P.S - BAROULI, DISTRICT – GOPALGANJ………………….RESPONDENTS For the petitioner : Mr. Mrityunjay Pd. Singh No.2, Advocate. For the State : Mr.Tej Pratap Singh, AC to GP-4 ----------- 02/ 17.08.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for restraining the respondents from dispossessing the petitioner from the land of Khata No.609, Plot No.762 measuring 13 Katha 09 dhur situated in village Bhurkhkueia, Thana No.423 Anchal Barauli, District-Gopalganj till the final disposal of Encroachment Case No.09/2006-2007 pending before Anchal Adhikari, Barauli within the district of Gopalganj (respondent no.3). It is quite strange that the land encroachment case is lying undecided before the Anchal Adhikari for more than three years and due to its non-disposal certain acts are being done which cannot be said to be in accordance with law. In the said circumstances, the said Anchal Adhikari, Barauli, District-Gopalganj (respondent no.3) is directed to dispose of Encroachment Case No.09/2006-2007 in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of two months from the date 2 of receipt/production of a copy of this order without giving any undue adjournment to anyone. If the aforesaid land claimed by the petitioner is subject matter of the encroachment case mentioned above, no coercive step will be taken against the petitioner with respect to the said land till the disposal of the aforesaid encroachment case. With the aforesaid observations/directions, this writ petition is disposed of. Harish (S.N. Hussain, J.)