IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10741 of 2010 Hare Krishna Prasad Singh, son of Shri Danilal Singh, resident of Village Katghara, P.O.Bhatura, Anchal Shivaji Nagar, P.S. Hathouri, District Samstipur … … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Collector, Samastipur 3. The Additional Collector, Samastipur 4. The Anchal Adkhikari,Shivaji Nagr, District Samastipur 5. The Superintendent of Police, Samastipur 6. The Officer-in-charge, Hathauri, P.S., District Samastipur 7. The Anchal Amin, Shivaji Nagar, District Samastipur 8. Ganeshi Singh alias Ramugrah Pd. Singh 9. Maheshi Singh 10. Dinesh Singh 11. Hari Singh 12. Pawan singh, respondents 8 to 12 are sons of late Dahu Singh, village Kalghara, P.O.Bhataura, District Samasipur … … Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2. 22.12.2011 The petitioner is aggrieved by the fact that Govt. land appertaining to khata No. 123 Khesra Nos. 397,398 and 400 in village Katghara has been encroached upon by private respondent nos. 8 to 12. From Annexure-3/A, it would appear that the private respondents who have encroached upon the said land are either influential persons or muscle men of the village. In any event, the authorities should not allow public land to be encroached by any person, rather, they should protect such land which has been declared as village lane from being encroached. I, accordingly, direct the Circle Officer, Shivaji Nagar, Samastipur, to institute an Encroachment proceeding, issue notice to respondents 8 to 12, visit the land in question 2 and get the land measured in presence of the parties and thereafter dispose of the encroachment proceeding within a period of six months from the date of receipt of service of notice upon respondents 8 to 12. The petitioner shall have the liberty to appear in the case and file his documents in support of his claim. This writ application is thus disposed of with the aforesaid observation and direction. Kanth ( Sheema Ali Khan, J.)