IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.2912 of 2006 Anil Kumar Mishra, son of Late Ram Vilash Mishra, resident of Village-Khanpur, P.S. Khanpur, District-Samastipur. ------ Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through D.P. Chaudhary, the Chief Secretary of Bihar, Patna. 2. Maheshwar Prasad Singh, District Magistrate, Samastipur. 3. Raja Abhay Kumar Singh, Sub-Divisional Officer, Samastipur. 4. Md. Ziaulla, Block Development Officer Khanpur, Samastipur. 5. K.N. Singh, Officer Incharge, Khanpur, Police Station, Samastipur ----- Opposite Parties. ---------- 4. 3.12.2009 None appears on behalf of the petitioner. Heard learned Assistant Counsel to Additional Advocate General No.2. This application under Article 215 of the Constitution of India, read with Sections 10 and 12 of the Contempt of Court Act, has been filed for the alleged disobedience of the order dated 16.10.1998 (Annexure-1), passed by a Division Bench of this Court in C.W.J.C. No. 2290 of 1990 (Arun Kumar Mukherjee & Ors. Vs. The State of Bihar& Ors.). It is alleged in the present application that local villagers have unauthorisedly encroached Old Kheshra Nos. 223 and 225 of Khanpur Block, police station- Khanpur, district of Samastipur, which is a public land. The respondent authorities have placed on record their show-cause wherein it is stated that these lands are raiyati lands and not public lands. This takes the bottom off the application. It is accordingly rejected. Vinay/ ( S. K. Katriar ,J. ) (Kishore K. Mandal, J.)