IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1721 of 2009 SMT.HUMAIRA KHATOON & ANR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 3/2/2009 Heard counsel for the parties. The grievance of the petitioners is confined only to the aspect that their raiyati land is said to be utilized by the authorities for construction of road, which cannot be done unless same is acquired. The dispute, however, is not free from doubt as to whether land being claimed by the petitioners is their raiyati land. Basically construction of such road must be with the tacit approval of the Collector of the District who is even otherwise incharge of all development work of the district. That being so, this Court would direct the Collector of Gaya district to look into grievances of the petitioners and find out as to whether any construction of road is being done on the raiyati land of the petitioners. In the event it is found that such road is being constructed on the raiyati land of the 2 petitioners, the Collector will immediately restrain its authorities from doing so, but on the other hand if it is found that the road in question is not being constructed on the raiyati land of the petitioners, he will dispose of representation of the petitioners after assigning reasons. In any event the Collector must act and examine grievance of the petitioners in accordance with law. In order to facilitate expeditious disposal of grievance of the petitioners, this Court would direct the petitioners to file fresh representation within a period of one month from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order and upon such filing of their representation, the Collector of Gaya District would be under obligation to pass an appropriate speaking order within the next three month. With the abovementioned observation this application is disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.) Abhay Kumar