2026:JHHC:21383 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 3957 of 2021 Anurag Kumar @ Karu, S/o Sri Jai Krishna Lal Barnwal, R/o Adarsh Nagar, Hirapur, P.O. & P.S.-Dhanbad, Dist.-Dhanbad .... Petitioner(s) Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand through the Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad 2. Deputy Collector (Land & Revenue), Dhanbad 3. Additional Collector, Dhanbad 4. Circle Officer, Dhanbad Block 5. Additional District Magistrate (Law & Order), Dhanbad 6. Officer-in-Charge, Dhanbad Police Station 7. Thakur Ashokanand, son of Late P.N. Thakur, R/o Qr. No. 348, Sector-VI/A, Bokaro Steel City, P.O. & P.S.-Bokaro Steel City, Dist.-Bokaro 8. Kumar Anand, son of S.N. Jha, R/o Adarsh Nagar, Hirapur, P.O. & P.S.-Dhanbad, Dist.- Dhanbad . … Respondent(s) ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Abhinay Kumar, Advocate For the State : AC to AAG-V For the Resp. Nos. 7 &8 : Mr. Peeyush Krishna Choudhary, Advocate Mr. Amrit Anunay, Advocate ------ 23/ 20.07.2026 Heard, learned counsel for the parties. 2. In this writ petition the petitioner has prayed for, quashing the letter No. 490 dated 10.04.2021 (Annexure-2) issued by the Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Dhanbad pursuant to the letter of Additional Collector, Dhanbad. Further, he prays to quash the letter No.4184 dated 12.08.2021 (Annexure-3) issued by the Additional Collector in favour of respondent No.8 granting him permission to make construction. He further prays to quash letter No.1501 dated 16.08.2021 issued by the Additional District Magistrate to the Circle Officer, Dhanbad and Magistrate for compliance of letter No.490 dated 10.04.2021, whereby the respondent- Additional District Magistrate, had deputed police and other officials to resolve the issue in respect of construction of the boundary wall over the property in question. 3. It is the case of the petitioner that the authority has got no jurisdiction to pass the aforesaid order as the dispute is private in nature. Further, he submits that the person Anand Kumar is not the owner of the property in question nor he has got any title. He is merely a tenant, who is objecting and he has constructed the boundary after taking help of the authority concerned. 4. During course of argument, learned counsel for the petitioner fairly submits that the boundary wall has already been constructed and even the garage has also been constructed encroaching public land. 5. If any of the person has encroached the public road or public space, the petitioner can approach the Collector under the Jharkhand Public Land Encroachment Act by filing an application under the aforesaid Act. If such application is filed, the same has to be treated to be an application under Section 3 of the Act and needs to be proceeded. 6. If there is grievance of the petitioner that the boundary wall has been constructed encroaching the land of the petitioner, it will be open to the petitioner to approach appropriate Civil Court for the relief. As the construction has already been made, no relief can be granted to the petitioner in this case. 7. With the aforesaid observation and direction, this writ petition stands disposed of. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 20th July, 2026 RS/SKC Uploaded on 21/07/2026