IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.254 of 2010 Mahatam Prasad s/o late Nathuni Chaudhary, r/o Mohalla – Nitibag Rukunpura, P.S. – Rupaspur, District – Patna .. …………………Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Road Construction Department, Patna 2. Engineer-in-Chief, Road Construction Department, Nirman Bhawan, Patna 3. The District Magistrate, Patna 4. Executive Engineer, Road Construction Department, Patna West, patna 5. Sub-Divisional Officer, Danapur, Patna 6. Circle Officer, Danapur, Patna 7. Bakhori Manji, father’s name not known 8. Dinesh Manjhi father’s name not known 9. Ranjan Manjhi father’s name not known, all residents of Mohalla – Rukunpura, near Shiv Mandir, P.S. Rupaspur, Patna ……………… Respondents ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Saroj Kumar, Advocate For the respondents: Mr. Shambhu Nath, AC to GP X 2 7/1/2010 The grievance that has been agitated in this public interest litigation is that the encroachment made by respondent nos.7 to 9 have not been removed by the Municipal Corporation, Patna. On a perusal of the writ petition it transpires that the petitioner has already approached the competent authority vide Annexure -1. Mr. Shambhu Nath, Assistant Counsel to Government Pleader – X , submits that the said application is required to be dealt with under 2 section 3 of the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act. Let the said authority deal with the said application within the parameters of the said statute expeditiously. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. Neyaz/ (Dipak Misra, CJ.) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)