IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.2011 of 2023 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.649 of 2022 ====================================================== Avadhesh Singh Son of Late Bharat Singh, Resident of Village- Rampur Parori, Ward No. 12, Banchauri, P.S.- Sitamarhi (Punaira O.P.), District- Sitamarhi. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar Through Sri Alok Kumar Mehta, the Principal Secretary, Revenue Reform Land Development Department, Govt. of Bihar at Patna. 2. Manesh Kumar Meena, the District Magistrate, Sitamarhi. 3. Mukesh Kumar, the Deputy Collector of Land Reform, Sitamarhi. 4. Ashok Kumar, the Circle Officer, Dumra, Sitamarhi. 5. Anil Kumar Panjiyar, the Circle Officer, Suppi, Sitamarhi. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Krishna Murari, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Rishi Raj Sinha, SC-19 Mr.Atul Shankar, AC to SC-19 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 3 19-03-2025 1. The defect pointed out by the registry is ignored. 2. The learned counsel for the opposite parties has at the outset submitted that in compliance of the order of this Court dated 04.11.2022, passed in C.W.J.C. No.649 of 2022, the Circle Officer, Dumra, Sitamarhi, had made an enquiry, pursuant whereof measurement was conducted by the Circle Amin and the Rajaswa Karamchari, who had then submitted reports stating therein that the land appertaining to Khata No.675, Plot Nos. 1250 and 1251 is not a public land but a private (raiyati) land of the petitioner, hence no proceedings under the provisions of the Bihar Public Patna High Court MJC No.2011 of 2023(3) dt.19-03-2025 2/2 Land Encroachment Act, 1956 are maintainable. 3. Considering the aforesaid aspect of the matter, the learned counsel for the petitioner seeks liberty on behalf of the petitioner to avail such other alternative remedies as are otherwise available under the law, for redressal of his subsisting grievances. Liberty so sought is granted. 4. The petition stands disposed off. sonal/- (Mohit Kumar Shah, J) U