IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15378 of 2009 Keshava Prasad Singh s/o late Firangi Singh, r/o Mohalla – Ashok Nagar, Road No.10, Kankarbagh, P.S. – Kankarbagh, District - Patna Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through its Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat, Patna 2. The Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The District Magistrate, Patna 4. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna 5. The Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna through its Municipal Commissioner 6. The Municipal Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna ----------- For the petitioner: Mr.Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, Advocates For the PMC : Mr. Bishwa Bibhuti Kumar Singh, Advocate --- 6 16/3/2010 It is submitted by Mr. Bishwa Bibhuti Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the Patna Municipal Corporation, that a survey has been conducted, upon which it has been found that certain areas have encroached. Keeping in view the factum of encroachment notices have been issued to the encroachers who have filed the documents putting forth the stand that they are entitled to occupy. Be that as it may, without expressing any opinion on the stand and stance put forth by the alleged 2 encroachers, we are only inclined to direct the Municipal Corporation to take an appropriate step to remove the encroachments keeping in view the law as envisaged under the Bihar Municipal Act, 2007 and the relevant Rules and Regulations. The aforesaid exercise shall be completed within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the order passed today. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. Neyaz/ (Dipak Misra, CJ.) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)