Avadhesh Kumar @ Awadhesh Poddar v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.22005 of 2018 ====================================================== Avadhesh Kumar @ Awadhesh Poddar S/o-Mathura Poddar Resident of village-Judawanpur, P.S.- Ishipur Pirpainty District-Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Government of Bihar, Patna 2.

The Principal Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Government of Bihar,Patna.

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District Magistrate/ Collector, Bhagalpur.

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District Agriculture Officer D.A.O., Bhagalpur. 5.

Block Development Officer B.D.O., Pirpainty, Bhagalpur. 6.

Block Agriculture Officer B.A.O. Pirpainty, Bhagalpur. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pramod Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Md.Khurshid Alam -AAG-12 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 06-01-2020 The petition filed on 17.11.2018 is listed for hearing for the first time today before the Court.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents.

Patna High Court CWJC No.22005 of 2018(2) dt.06-01-2020 2/3 Petitioner has prayed for the following relief: "For a direction commanding the respondents to pay compensation to the farmers caused by floods and natural calamity to the damage done to their crops/houses during financial year 2016-2017." After the matter was heard for some time, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner shall be content if a direction is issued to the concerned respondents to consider and decide the representation, which the petitioner and similarly situated persons shall be making afresh within a period of four weeks from today.

Learned counsel for the State states that upon receipt of such request, if any, the same shall be dealt with in accordance with law, expeditiously and positively within a period of three months from the date of receipt thereof. Equally, liberty is reserved to the petitioner to take recourse to such alternative remedies as are otherwise available in accordance with law.

We are hopeful that as and when petitioner and similarly situates persons take recourse to such remedies, as are otherwise available in law, before the appropriate forum, the same shall be dealt with, in accordance with law and with reasonable dispatch.

Patna High Court CWJC No.22005 of 2018(2) dt.06-01-2020 3/3 The petition stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms. (Sanjay Karol, CJ) (Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) P.K.P./- U