Page No. 1 2026:JHHC:13383 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 2300 of 2020 Shri Ram Thakur, son of Shri Shiv Kumar Thakur, resident of Near Municipal Corporation Department, Lalpanapuri, Adityapur, P.O and P.S- Adityapur, District-Saraikela-Kharsawan-831013. ....Petitioner(s). Versus Adityapur Municipal Corporation through the Town Commissioner, Officiating from his office at Kalpanapuri, Adityapur, Jharkhand, P.O and P.S- Adityapur, District-Saraikela-Kharsawan-831013. ...Respondent(s). With W.P.(C) No. 2396 of 2020 Shri Prashant Kumar, son of Nawal Kishore Lal, resident of 76/1/4, Road No. 16, Play Ground Adityapur, P.O and P.S- Adityapur, District- Saraikela- Kharsawan-831013, as the authorized representative of Mr. Madan Kumar Lal, son of late Shri Harish Chandra Lal, Near Municipal Corporation Department, Kalyanpuri, P.O and P.S-Adityapur, District- Saraikela- Kharsawan-831013 ....Petitioner(s). Versus Adityapur Municipal Corporation through the Municipal Commissioner, Officiating from his office at Kalpanapuri, Adityapur, P.O and P.S- Adityapur, Jharkhand. ..Respondent(s). CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Parth Jalan, Advocate For the Respondent(s): Mr. Ranjan Prasad Singh, Advocate. 11/05.05.2026: Heard the parties. 2. In both these writ petitions, the petitioners have challenged the notice bearing number 1929 dated 31st of July 2020 (Annexure-2). 3. After hearing the parties and after going through the impugned notice, I find that the petitioners have been simply noticed by the Municipal Commissioner, Adityapur Municipal Corporation, informing that they have encroached the Government land and have made some construction over the said land and doing their business. Thus, by the impugned notice, the petitioners have been directed to remove their constructions over the land in question within three days with a caution that if the unauthorized construction is not removed, appropriate action, as per law, will be taken. 4. Counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have not encroached the Government Land and they are doing their business over the said land as the land has been leased out to them. 5. As the petitioners have only been noticed, I am not entering into the merit of the arguments advanced by the counsel for the parties. The Page No. 2 petitioners are thus directed to appear before the Municipal Commissioner, Adityapur Municipal Corporation, pursuant to the impugned notice, and lay their defence before him and considering the defence of the petitioners, the respondents will pass an appropriate order and take necessary steps, as per law. 6. Accordingly, both the writ petitions stand disposed of. 7. Pending interlocutory applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (ANANDA SEN, J.) May 05, 2026 Anul-Cp2 Uploaded on: 11/05/2026