IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15268 of 2005 Binod Patel, son of Shri Mahesh Patel, resident of village- Mahua, P.O. Mahua, P.S.Mahua, District- Vaishali. …….. Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Collector, Vaishali. 3. S.D.O., Mahua, Vaishali (Hajipur) 4. Circle Officer, Mahua, Vaishali (Hajipur) 5. Pawan Sah, son of Nandu Sah. 6. Nagendra Sah, son of Nandu Sah. 7. Shakti Sah, son ofDawakiSah. 8. Raghunath Thakur, son of Prasad Thakur. Respondents Nos. 5 to 8 are resident of village- Mangaru Chowk, P.S.Mahua, District-Vaishali. ………. Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2 30.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The writ petition has been filed for a direction to the officials respondents to remove the encroachment on public road, popularly known as Mahua- Bhagwanpur road on Mangaru Chowk in the district of Vaishali. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he had approached the Collector, Vaishali and pursuant to that a proceeding has been initiated being Revenue Miscellaneous Case No. 93 of 2003-04 but, according to him, the same has not yet reached to any finality. Taking into consideration the entire facts and 2 circumstances of the case, the writ petition stands disposed off with liberty to the petitioner to file an appropriate application before the S.D.O., Vaishali who shall look into the matter and if required, send the same before the appropriate authority to decide the same, so that the encroachment can be removed from the public road. If such a petition is filed before the Collector alongwith a copy of this order, the Collector, Vaishali shall ensure that the proceeding either before him or before the person to whom it is sent is taken to its logical conclusion within the next four months thereafter. The writ petition stands disposed off with the aforementioned directions. Sudha (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.)