High Court Jharkhand High Court

Court On Its Own Motion vs State Of Jharkhand & Ors on 29 March, 2011

Jharkhand High Court
Court On Its Own Motion vs State Of Jharkhand & Ors on 29 March, 2011
                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
                             W.P. (PIL) No. 1076 of 2011
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       Court On Its Own Motion     Versus      State of Jharkhand & Others
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                 CORAM:         HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
                                HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D.N. PATEL
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                 For   the
                         Petitioner          :           Mr.I. Sinha, Amicus Curiae
                 For   the
                         Respondent-RRDA     :           Mr. A.K.Singh
                 For   the
                         Respondent-State    :           Mr. R.R. Mishra, G.P.
                 For   the
                         Respondent-RMC      :           M/s. R.R.Nath, L.C.N.Shahdeo
                 For   the
                         Respondent-Chamber
                                 of Commerce :              Mr. Pandey Niraj Roy
                 For the Intervenors         :              Mr. M.K.Dey, Sr. Advocate
                                                            Mr. Sohail Anwer, Sr.Advocate
                 For M/s Premsons                  :        Ms. A.R.Choudahry
                 For the Respondent -BSL           :        Mr. Anand Sen
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07/ 29.03.2011

The State Government is not before this Court with any

definite answer. After so many orders being passed, they have to

remove encroachments. It is only brought to the notice that they

are only in the process of doing this. This is also being asserted by

the counsel appearing for the B.S.L. that they are in the process of

removing encroachments.

This stand of both is being countered by filing an

Interlocutory Application by Rohit Kumar Choudhary, another

Interlocutory Application by Bokaro Zilla Dukandar Sangh and the

third Interlocutory Application by Sadanand Sharma. The grievance

in these three Interlocutory Applications is that only small fishes are

being touched and those, who are big sharks, have not even been

looked at. All the big hoteliers and builders, who have tacit consent

with those who are in power, have not even been sounded. There is

no whisper in the work, which is undertaken by the State

Government and the B.S.L about the huge illegal constructions which

are in contravention of the terms of allotment of land of the B.S.L.

Even it is stated that the B.S.L has not filed any case for

unauthorized occupation of public property against those big
encroachers. It is also the grievance in one of the Interlocutory

Applications that there had been a large scale modifications in the

quarters constructed by the B.S.L and the maps have been violated.

No steps have been taken by the B.S.L in this regard.

On 1st April, 2011 the B.S.L and the State Government will

come out with their proposed action against all those who have been

alleged to have violated the terms of allotment of land to B.S.L.

It is pointed out by Amicus Curiae that so far the State

Government is not conscious of the illegal constructions. They have

only been addressing the question of encroachment.

They should address the question of illegal construction and

file their response on the next date of hearing.

Put up on 1st April, 2011.

(Bhagwati Prasad, C.J)

(D.N. Patel, J)

Dey/S.I.