IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15319 of 2009 1. RAM CHANDRA SINGH, S/O LATE JAGDISH SINGH R/OVILL BAKHORAPUR, P.S. BARHARA, DISTT- BHOJPUR. 2. SHASHI KALA DEVI, W/O RAM CHANDRA SINGH, R/O- VILL BAKHORAPUR, P.S. BARHARA, DISTT- BHOJPUR. ……PETITIONERS. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE COLLECTOR- CUM -DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, BHOJPUR, ARRAH. 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, BHOJPUR AT ARRAH. 4. ANCHAL ADHIKARI, BARHARA, DISTT- BHOJPUR. 5. BAJRANGI PASWAN, 6. SARYU PASWAN, 7. BODI PASWAN ALL SONS OF LATE TUKAR PASWAN, 8. RAMESHWAR PANDEY S/O SIDHNATH PANDEY R/OVILL- BAKHORAPUR, P.O. BAKHORAPUR, P.S. BARHARA, DISTT- BHOJPUR. …. RESPONDENTS. ----------- For the petitioners : Mr. Raghubansh Singh, Senior Advocate. Mr. Satyapal Singh, Advocate. For the respondents-State : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Pandey, A.C. to G.P.19. ----- 03/ 20.07.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the respondents-State of Bihar. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that private respondents nos. 5 to 8 have encroached upon public land, but the authorities concerned are not taking any action. In the said circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioners to file an Encroachment Case under Section 3 of the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956 before the appropriate authority. If the said case is filed by the petitioners within fifteen days, the said authority will expeditiously decide the same, preferably within a period of four - 2 - months from the date of filing of the encroachment case. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.)