IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14883 of 2010 1. Saroj Thakur S/O Late Shastri Thakur R/O Vill. & P.O.- Murla, P.S.- Ramgarhwa, Distt.- East Champaran Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. District Magistrate, Motihari, Distt.- East Champaran 3. Circle Officer, Ramgarhwa Block, Distt.- East Champaran 4. Sub. Divisional Officer, Motihari, Distt.- East Champaran 5. Officer-In-Charge, Ramgarhwa Police Station Motihari, Distt.- East Champaran ------------------- 02 09.11.2011 Heard Mr. Arun Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. Archna Prasad, learned A.C. to G.P.19 for the State. The writ petition has been filed seeking a direction to the appropriate authority under the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956 and the rules framed thereunder i.e. respondent No.3 herein, the Circle Officer, Ramgarhwa Block, District-East Champaran for disposing of the encroachment proceedings arising from Encroachment Case No. 17 of 2006-07 pending before him. It is the case of the petitioner that certain local residents have encroached on piece of land bearing Kheshra No. 990 of Khata No. 2 Thana No.2 situated in village-Murla P.S. Ramgarhwa within the District of East Champaran. It so appears that a similar grievance was raised by another co-villager by the name of Sudama Thakur before this Court giving rise to C.W.J.C. No. 2336 of 2010 and a Bench of this Court taking notice of the fact that the matter was pending consideration before the Collector under the Act who is the Circle Officer, Ramgarhwa Block, District East Champaran in land Encroachment 2 Case No. 17 of 2006-07, was pleased to dispose of the writ petition with the direction to the statutory authority to conclude the proceedings and pass final adjudicatory order after hearing all concerned, within the maximum period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of the order. From the pleadings made in the present petition it so appears that the said encroachment proceedings has not yet been disposed of and in which background the writ petition in question has been filed. As there is already an order of a co-ordinate Bench of this Court directing the Circle Officer, Ramgarhwa Block, District- East Champaran, the statutory authority under the Act to dispose of the encroachment proceedings arising from Encroachment Case No. 17 of 2006-07 placed at Annexure-C of the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents, no further directions can be issued in this regard save and except to remind the Circle Officer, Ramgarhwa Block, District- East Champaran that he is bound by the directions contained therein and is under a duty to dispose of the encroachment proceedings after hearing all concerned within the time so stipulated in the order of this Court and the failure on his part to do so would entail initiation of proceedings of contempt for non compliance of to the Court’s order. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed of. Bibhash (Jyoti Saran, J.)