Petitioner directed to make an appropriate representation under Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act

In Birendra Kumar Nidhi vs.The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary to the Government, Urban Development and Housing Department, Government of Bihar & Ors. (2025), Patna High Court's Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Rajesh Kumar Verma delivered a 2-page long judgement dated November 1, 2025, wherein, it concluded:"4. In view of the aforesaid, the petitioner is directed to make an appropriate representation before the competent authority under the provisions of the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956, who shall consider the same and pass an appropriate order under Section 6 of the Act, preferably within a period of nine months from the date of filing of such representation, after giving opportunity of hearing to all the stakeholders. 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the present writ petition stands disposed of." 

This was the tenth judgement authored by Acting Chief Justice Sudhir Singh. The other six respondents were: The Commissioner, Darbhanga Division, Darbhanga, District Magistrate, Madhubani, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Madhubani, Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Madhubani, Sub- Divisional Officer, Madhubani, Saslar, Madhubani and Executive Officer, Municipal Corporation, Madhubani. It was submitted on behalf of the petitioner that public land was encroached by some local persons.