IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7539 of 2010 1. DEVENDRA MISTRI @ DEVENDRA SHARMA S/O TETAR MISTRI R/O VILL.- GORAUR, TOLA BELDAR BIGHA, P.S.- CHABILAPUR, DISTT.- NALANDA 2. BRIJNANDAN MAHTO @ BRIJNANDAN PRASAD S/O LATE SOMARI MAHTO R/O VILL.- GORAUR, TOLA BELDAR BIGHA, P.S.- CHABILAPUR, DISTT.- NALANDA. VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, ROAD CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, NATIONAL HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 4. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, NALANDA AT BIHARSHARIF 5. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, NATIONAL HIGHWAY DIVISION, NALANDA AT BIHARSHARIF 6. THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER, NATIONAL HIGHWAY SUB DIVISION, RAJGIR, DISTT.- NALANDA 7. AREA MANAGER, CHADHA AND CHADHA CONSTRUCTION COM. LTD., PRESENTLY OFFICE SITUATED AT RAJGIR, DISTT.- NALANDA ----------- 03 11.05.2010 The petitioners had filed this writ application apprehending that for strengthening and widening the National Highway-71, while passing through Tola Beldar Bigha, P.S.-Chabilapur, District-Nalanda, the road had to be widened about 22 ft. and that would have encroached upon petitioners’ property. The other grievance was that this was being designed in a preplanned manner encroaching upon the property of other side of the road. - 2 - A counter affidavit has been filed in which a categorical stand has been taken that petitioners’ property would neither be encroached upon nor the construction thereon would be touched in any manner. In view of this categorical statement made in the counter affidavit, the apprehensions of the petitioners’ stands totally bellied. In view of this Court, no further orders need to be passed in this regards upon the stand as taken in the counter affidavit. The writ application, accordingly, stands disposed of. Trivedi (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)