Rajbanshi Sah v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14891 of 2014 =========================================================== Rajbanshi Sah son of Late Maniraj Sah, resident of Village - Ram Nagar, Post - Radhaganj, P.S. Bhorey, District - Gopalganj .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. The District Magistrate, Gopalganj

3. The Circle Officer, Bhorey, District - Gopalganj

4. Ashok Yadav son of Braj Kishore Yadav, resident of Village - Ram Nagar, Post - Radhaganj, P.S. Bhorey, District - Gopalganj .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey No-5 For the Respondent State : Mr. SC-8 KUMAR ALOK For Respondent No. 4 : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Pandey =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 13-07-2015 Petitioner has unnecessarily rushed to the High Court by filing the present writ application when he has statutory remedy available locally.

If the allegation of the petitioner is correct that respondent No.4 has encroached upon a public land, then the Circle Officer concerned is the rightful authority, whose jurisdiction can be invoked by the petitioner and who is saddled with the responsibility of hearing the parties and making an early adjudication. The Court feels that a period of four months will be more than enough for the parties to put their cases before the Circle Officer. Let an adjudication be made within the time-frame

Patna High Court CWJC No.14891 of 2014 dt.13-07-2015 2 / 2 indicated above.

Writ application is disposed of with the above observation. (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) R.K.Pathak/- U