IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5235 of 2009 Niraj Kumar Singh,S/o Jagganath Singh, R/o Village- Fatehpur, P.O.-Fatehpur, P.S.-Sheohar, District-Sheohar, at present elected Mukhiya of the Gram Panchayat Raj Mathurapur-Kahatarwa, District- Sheohar. …… Petitioner. versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Collector-cum-District Magistrate, Sheohar. 3. The Additional Collector, Sheohar. 4. The Sub-divisional Officer, Sheohar. 5. The Block Development Officer, Sheohar, District-Sheohar. 6. The Circle Officer, Sheohar, District-Sheohar. 7. The Officer-in-Charge, Sheohar, District-Sheohar. ……… Respondents. For the petitioner : Mr. Devendra Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Ranjan Kumar, AC to A.A.G-4. ----------- 2. 05.10.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State of Bihar and its authorities. 2. This writ petition has been filed for directing the authorities to remove encroachment from the public land over which constructions have been made by private persons. 3. Although, some applications were filed, but no case under the provision of Section 3 of the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act has been initiated in the said connection. Hence, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this writ petition with a liberty to file an encroachment case before the authority concerned under the Act. 4. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. 5. Furthermore, if the petitioner files the aforesaid 2 encroachment case in accordance with the provision of the Act within 15 days along with a copy of this order, the said authority shall take immediate step in accordance with law so that the said encroachment case be disposed of expeditiously preferably within four months of its filing. Sujit (S.N.Hussain,J.)