Tej Bahadur Singh And ORS v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11956 of 2018 ====================================================== 1.

Tej Bahadur Singh Son of Mangal Singh, 2.

Shamim Akhtar, Son of Khalilur Rahman, 3.

Most. Bigani Devi, Wife of Late Heera Mahto.

4.

Kapildeo Rai, Son of Babulal Rai.

5.

Lalit Singh @ Vijay Kumar Singh, Son of Ram Swarup Singh, 6.

Ramyash Kumar, Son of Late Badri Sah.

7.

Kapildeo Ram, Son of Murlidharan Ram, 8.

Bhola Sah, Son of Sukhari Sah.

9.

Bhikhari Pandit, Son of Bishu Pandit.

10.

Gajendra Ram, Son of Lakhan Ram, All are residents of Mohalla- Amar Chhatauni, P.S. Chhatauni, District- East Champaran. 11.

Shanti Devi, Wife of Late Raju Rai, resident of Mohalla- Chhatauni Bazaar, Ward No 17, P.S. Chhatauni, District- East Champaran. 12.

Madan Prasad, Son of Basudeo Prasad.

13.

Kamaldeo Rai, Son of Babu Lal Rai.

14.

Sonu Kumar, Son of Ram Binod Ram, 15.

Baidyanath Upadhyaya, Son of Anand Upadhyaya. 16.

Mahasundari Devi, Wife of Nagina Singh.

17.

Jagdish Singh, Son of Ambika Singh.

18.

Bhikhari Goswami, Son of Chunu Goswami.

19.

Hari Narayan Singh, Son of Sheo Baran Singh, All are residents of MohallaAmar Chhatauni, P.S. Chhatauni, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2.

The District Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari. 3.

The Sub Divisional Officer, Motihari Sub Division, P.S. Chhatauni, DistrictEast Champaran. 4.

The Circle Officer, Motihari Circle, P.S. Chhatauni, District- East Champaran.

5.

The Bettiah Raj under Court of Wards through its Manager, Bettiah Raj, P.O. and P.S.- Bettiah Muffasil, District-West Champaran. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Vijay Shankar Shrivastava, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Sajid Salim Khan - SC-25 :

Md. Arifdaula Siddiqui, AC to SC 25

Patna High Court CWJC No.11956 of 2018(3) dt.26-09-2022 2/2 For Bettiah Raj :

Mr. Shailendra Kr. Singh, Advocate :

Mr. Utkarsh Utpal, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 26-09-2022 Though the present writ petition has been filed for quashing the Encroachment case no. 10 of 2017-18, initiated by the Circle Officer, Motihari, East Champaran i.e. the respondent no. 4, however, the learned counsel for the petitioners, at the outset, seeks liberty on behalf of the petitioners to file their objections/ show cause replies to the notice dated 20.04.2018, issued by the respondent no. 4. Liberty so sought, is granted. The writ petition stands disposed off. It is needless to state that in case, appropriate objection/ reply is filed within a period of four weeks from today and in case, Encroachment case no. 10 of 2017-18 is still pending, status quo, existing as on today, qua the land/ house of the petitioner, shall be maintained till the passing of the final order by the respondent no. 4 under Section 6(1) of the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956. (Mohit Kumar Shah, J) rinkee/- U