IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7806 of 2009 2 13.7.2009 Anil Kumar Rai, S/o Sri Dev Krishna Rai, resident of Rupaul, P.O. Rampatti, P.S. Rajnagar, District Madhubani. ..... PETITIONER VESUS 1.The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 2. The Secretary, Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 3.The District Magistrate, Mahdubani 4. The Additional Land Reform Deputy Collector, Sadar Sub Division, Madhubani 5. The Circle Officer, Rajnagar Block, Madhubani 6. Sanjay Prasad s/o Bhola Prasad, Village Ram Patti, P.O. Rampatti, District Madhubani ..... RESPONDENTS -------- Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is having a dispute with respondent no.6, Sanjay Prasad, over a piece of land situated in village Rampatti, Circle Pandaul, District Madhubani, for many years. According to petitioner, a mutation in favour of respondent no.6 over the land concerned needs to be cancelled for which he has approached the District Magistrate, Madhubani. It is further case of the petitioner that since the land is actually a public land hence, encroachment made by respondent no.6 should be removed by the authorities, particularly the Circle Officer, Rajnagar, who is ignoring to obey several letters issued by higher authorities contained in Annexures 3, 4 and 5. 2 We do not find the subject matter of the present petition to qualify as Public Interest Litigation. The writ petition is, therefore, finally disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to approach the statutory authorities under different statutes governing those matters and if that is done, the statutory authorities are expected to look into the claim of the petitioner in accordance with law at an early date, preferably within six months from the date of initiation of the proceeding. (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ) (Anjana Prakash, J.) sk