IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14029 of 2005 Ram Lal Rai, son of Late Baldeo Rai, resident of village-Bakhra, P.S. Sariya, District- Muzaffarpur. …….. Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur, District- Muzaffarpur. 3. The Additional Collector, Muzaffrarpur, District- Muzaffaarpur. 4. The Deputy Collector Lanmd Reforms, Muzaffarpur West, District- Muzaffarpur. 5.The Sub-Divisional Officer, Muzaffarpur West District- Muzaffarpur. 6. The Circle Officer, Saraiya, District- Muzaffarpur. 7. Sri Santosh Kumar, son of Late Bahadur Singh, resident of village- Bakhra, P.S.Saraiya, District- Muzaffarpur. …… Resspondents. ---------------------------------- 2 24.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. The petitioner, who is a below poverty line citizen has only 8 decimals of land which has been encroached by the Private respondent no.7. Learned counsel submits that pursuant to a complaint made by him, various authorities of the State had found that in fact such encroachment has been done and also necessary recommendations have been made for removal of such encroachment. But till date, no effective measures have been taken to ensure that actually such grievance is redressed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has filed a petition before the District Collector on 14.8.2005, a copy of 2 which has been made Annexure-7 to the writ application. Learned counsel for the State is present and submits that a direction may be given to the authority to look into the matter and dispose off the representation filed by the petitioner. From the facts and circumstances of the case the writ petition stands disposed off with a direction to the Collector, Muzaffarpur to look into the matter as raised in the representation of the petitioner dated 14.8.2005 and take appropriate action specially in view of the recommendations made, as contained in Annexures 5 and 6 to the writ petition, which are the reports of the Anchal Adhikari and Halka Karamchari as well as the concerned Amin. The Collector, Muzaffarpur shall take effective measures in the matter as expeditiously as possible and in any case within a period of two months from the date of production/receipt of a copy of this order upon him alongwith a fresh representation enclosing all the relevant papers. Sudha (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.) 3