IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.1605 of 2011 Santosh Kumar Singh @ Santosh Ray son of Sri Umesh Singh, resident of village –Dhepura, PS Bisfi, District Madhubani .......Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Sanjeev Hans son of not known to the petitioner, the District Magistrate cum Collector, Madhubani 3. Rashid Kalim Khan son of not known to the petitioner, the Sub- divisional Officer cum Incharge Deputy Collector, Land Reforms,, Benipatti, Madhubani 4. Ritesh Verma son of not known to the petitioner, the Circle Officer, Bisfi, Madhubani. ...Opposite parties ---------------------------------- 2 06-09-2011 Heard the parties. A categorical stand has been taken in the show cause that encroachment found on the public land which is a National Highway has been removed and the process of removal of encroachment has also been videographed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per counter affidavit there was 11 decimals of Government land under illegal encroachment but only 0.08 decimals of land has been made free of encroachment. We are not persuaded to interfere in such dispute of facts in contempt jurisdiction. Our prime concern was that encroachment upon the National Highway must be removed. According to opposite 2 parties that has been done. Hence, this contempt petition is disposed of. If the petitioner has materials to show that further public land is under encroachment of any person, he would be at liberty to bring the relevant facts to the notice of the Collector under the relevant Act and if such an application is filed, the same shall be considered on its merit in accordance with law. BKS/- (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Shivaji Pandey, J.)