IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14368 of 2025 ====================================================== Indu Kumari, Wife of Sri Bhawani Shankar Sharan, Resident of Village- Badai, Police Station- Islampur District- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Nalanda 3. The Additional District Magistrate-cum-Additional Collector (Revenue), Nalanda 4. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Hilsa, Nalanda 5. The Circle Officer, Islampur, Nalanda 6. Anudeshak Chakbandi, Bihar, Patna ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raj Shekhar, Adv. For the State : Mr. U.S.S. Singh (GP-19) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-09-2025 The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following reliefs :- “(1) For issuance of an appropriate writ/s, direction/s order/s in the nature of mandamus for commanding the respondent/s to remove the encroachment/s from the petitioner's husband raiyati land made by the local administration by constructing road, dug out Pyne etc. (ii) For issuance of an appropriate writ/s, direction/s, order/s in the nature of mandamus for commanding the respondent/s to measure the raiyyati land in question of the petitioner's husband by appointing the Circle Amin, at her cost/s, after Patna High Court CWJC No.14368 of 2025(2) dt.09-09-2025 2/3 removing the encroachment/s over it, and put her in peaceful possession thereof. (iii) For issuance of an appropriate writ/s, direction/s, order/s in the nature of mandamus for commanding the respondent/s to pass necessary order/s on the representation/s filed by the petitioner after affording an opportunity for hearing and after passing the order/s, the respondent/s should take recourse to implement it. (iv) Any other relief/s for the petitioner may found entitled by this Hon'ble Court.” 2. Heard Mr. Raj Shekhar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. U.S.S. Singh, learned Government Pleader-16 for the State-respondents. 3. It is submitted by petitioner’s counsel that the petitioner’s husband is an absolute owner/raiyyat of the land situated in Mauza-Badai, Halka-Veshwak, Circle- Islampur, Police Station-Islampur, District- Nalanda, pertaining to the Plot Nos. 771, 766, 772, 663, 1247, 666 and 648. The ancestors of the petitioner’s husband were paying rent in respect of the said land to the revenue authorities since long but the local musclemen with the help of antisocial elements and local administration made encroachment over the petitioner’s husband’s land and thereafter, the petitioner filed a representation dated 02.01.2022 before the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, Govt. of Patna High Court CWJC No.14368 of 2025(2) dt.09-09-2025 3/3 Bihar, Patna (Respondent No. 1) and thereafter, she filed her representation dated 13.06.2022 before the Circle Officer, Islampur (Annexure- ‘P/3’), upon that, the petitioner was directed to furnish the relevant documents and then, she furnished the required documents, but even then no action has been taken on her representation till date and the petitioner’s main grievance is that action should be taken on her representation by the concerned Circle Officer. 4. Considering the aforesaid submissions and averments made in the petition, the Circle Officer, Islampur, is hereby directed to look into the petitioner’s representation and take needful action. Accordingly, with this observation, the instant writ petition stands disposed of. annu/- (Shailendra Singh, J) U