IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No. 6375 of 2009 1. Ram Naresh Pandey, S/o Late Ram Pratap Pandey 2. Kashi Nath Pandey, S/o Late Ram Pratap Pandey 3. Shanti Devi, wife of Late Ram Pratap Pandey, All the petitioners are resident of village Fatahpur (Naya Tola), P.S. Sheohar, District Sheohar Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Collector, Sheohar 3. The Superintendent of Police, Sheohar 4. The District Development Commissioner, Sheohar 5. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Sheohar 6. The Land Acquisition Officer, Sheohar 7. The Additional Collector, Land Reforms, Sheohar 8. The Circle Officer, Sheohar 9. Block Development Officer, Sheohar 10. The Block Program Officer, Sheohar 11. Executive Engineer, Rural Works Department, Sheohar-cum Sitamarhi 12. The Mukhiya Graam Panchayat Raj Mathurapur Kahtarawa District Sheohar 13. Ramesh Pandey, S/o Ram Chandra Pandey, Contractor cum Zila Parsad, Sheohar ----------- 05/ 23.02.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioners and the State as also perused the counter affidavit filed by the Circle Officer, Sheohar, wherefrom it appears that without acquiring the raiyati lands of the petitioners, portion of the raiyati land of the petitioners has been used for widening the village road as also soil has been dug from the raiyati land of the petitioners for filling the road. 2. Let the Circle Officer, Sheohar, Respondent no.8 ensure demarcation of the road and the raiyati lands of the petitioners by putting stone pillars separating the two in presence of the petitioners within two weeks from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order before the Circle Officer, Respondent no.8, thereafter the Executive Engineer, Rural 2 Works Department of the State Government, Respondent no.11 should ensure payment to the petitioners for the soil dug from their raiyati land and if any portion of their land has been used for widening the road then petitioners should be paid compensation therefor within six months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order before the Executive Engineer, Respondent no.11, failing which petitioners shall be entitled to reclaim their land by removing the metallic portion from the land used for widening the road. 3. The writ application is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ ( V.N. Sinha, J.)