Irfan Ahmad v. The Union Of India And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15626 of 2016 ====================================================== Irfan Ahmad Son of Sultan Ahmad Resident of Pipraulia, Police Station Jhanjharpur, District - Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The Union Of India 2.

The Chairman, National Highway Authority of India Section - 10/11 Dwarka, New Delhi 3.

The Project Director, National Highway Authority of India, H/o Shri S.N. Jha, Ward No. 10 Professor 4.

The District Magistate, Madhubani 5.

The District Land Acquisition Officer, Madhubani 6.

The Block Development officer, Block - Jhanjharpur, District Madhubani ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. N.K. Agrawal, Sr. Advocate Mr.Lakshmindra Kumar Yadav, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Raj Kishore Roy-GP-18 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 08-04-2024 Heard Mr. N.K. Agrawal, learned Senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

2. The present writ petition has been preferred for: "a MANDAMUS to commanding the respondents the make payment of compensation amount alongwith interest under the residential category of house of the petitioner. Khesra No.5434, Mauza- Nanaur, Panchayat Pipraulia, Block- Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani which has been acquired and work of widening and strengthening National Highway-57 at concerned

Patna High Court CWJC No.15626 of 2016(2) dt.08-04-2024 2/2 place has already been completed but the compensation amount of the land has not been made."

3. A counter affidavit on behalf of Respondent nos. 1 to 3 is on record.

4. Mr. Agrawal, learned Senior Counsel submits that instead of getting another adjournment for filing reply to the counter affidavit, the petitioner seeks liberty to approach the appropriate authority with representation along with all the relevant documents within a period of four weeks from today.

5. If such representation is filed before the competent/appropriate authority within a period of four weeks, the same shall be taken to its logical conclusion within a period of three weeks thereafter.

6. The writ petition stands disposed of with the aforesaid observation.

(Rajiv Roy, J) Jagdish/- U