IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2210 of 2011 Jawahar Jha ‘Azad’, son of Sri Raj Narayan Jha, resident of Village and P.O.-Thengha, P.S. Sakatpur, District- Darbhanga ----- Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Commissioner, Darbhanga Division, Darbhanga. 3. The District Magistrate, Darbhanga. 4. The Sub-Division Officer, Benipur, Darbhanga. 5. The Circle Officer, Alinagar, Darbhanga. 6. Jai Ballabh Jha, son of Tripati Jha. 7. Umesh Jha, son of Suraj Narayan Jha. 8. Chandra Kant Jha, son of late Asharfi Jha 9. Jagdeo Jha, son of late Laxmi Nr. Jha, all private respondents Village + P.O. Thangha, P.S. Sakatpur, District-Darbhanga. ---- Respondents. ---------------------------------- 4. 15.9.2011 Heard Mr. Saroj Kumar, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Mr. Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Counsel to Additional Advocate General No.3 for respondents no. 1 to 5 and Mr. Shashank Shekhar Jha, learned counsel appearing for respondents no. 6 to 9. 2. The present writ petition in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation has been filed for a direction to the respondents to remove encroachment on various plots situated in Village Thengha, P.S. Sakatpur, District-Darbhanga. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the State 2 submits from his counter affidavit that encroachment proceedings against the concerned persons have already been initiated and shall be taken to their logical conclusion in accordance with law without any un-due delay. Learned counsel appearing for respondents no. 6 to 9 submits that there are many other similarly situated persons who have built their houses and further that the said houses have been built much earlier and besides those lands the respondents do not have any other land. 4. Be that as it may, it is for the authorities who have initiated the land encroachment proceedings against the private respondents, for holding a proper enquiry and taking a final decision in the matter in accordance with law after hearing all the parties concerned. Thereafter the authorities shall also ensure that the orders so passed in the encroachment proceedings are taken to their logical conclusion without any delay. 5. Let the said authorities complete the whole exercise within a period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. 3 6. With the aforementioned observations/directions the writ petition stands disposed off. Vinay/ ( S. K. Katriar, J.) (Ahsanuddin Amanullah,J.)