IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.554 of 2011 1. BHANU PRASAD SINGH son of late Sita Prasad Singh, 2. Raghu Kumar son of Anjani Kumar Singh, Both residents of village Punaura, Police Station Sitamarhi, District Sitamarhi … … Petitioners Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Collector, Sitamarhi, P.S. and District Sitamarhi, 2. The Executive Engineer, Gramin Works Department, Sitamarhi, 3. The Assistant Engineer, Gramin Works Department, P.S. and District Sitamarhi, 4. The Circle Officer, Sitamarhi, P.S. and District Sitamarhi, 5. The Junior Engineer, Gramin Works Department, P.S. and District Sitamarhi, 6. The Contractor Ram Nath Suman, resident of Mohari, P.S. Taryani, District Shivhar, 7. The Collector, Sitamarhi, .. Respondents … 2 17.01.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to add the Collector, Sitamarhi, as an independent respondent no. 7 in this application. From the representations said to have been filed by large number of villagers residing near village Punaura in the District of Sitamarhi, which are annexed as Annexures 4 series, it appears that the villagers have approached the District Collector, Sitamarhi as well as the Executive Engineer, Rural Works 2 Department, Sitamarhi Division, raising a grievance that for 800 meters near Punaura Chowk some people have encroached the road land, therefore, the road being constructed by a contractor, respondent no. 6, is not being constructed as per the estimate on Government land and it has become very narrow causing inconvenience to the public. Encroachment upon public land must be tackled with firm hands in accordance with law. If the allegations are found true then the Collector, Sitamarhi should ensure that the encroachments upon the road are removed without any delay so that the road construction work does not suffer. The petitioners are given liberty to approach the Collector through a fresh representation along with a copy of this order and it is expected that the Collector shall get an inquiry conducted expeditiously and ensure that the road is constructed as per the estimate on Government land. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. SC (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)