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Srikant Prasad Jaiswal @ Srikant v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

2019-04-19Mr. Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13182 of 2018 ====================================================== Srikant Prasad Jaiswal @ Srikant S/o Kishundev Prasad Jaiswal, R/o Gram - Motihari, P.S.- Chhatauni Motihari, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar, through the Principal Secretary, Revenue and Lan d Reforms Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2.

The Collector East Champaran.

3.

The District Land Acquisition Officer, East Champaran. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Yogendra Prasad Sinha For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Md.Khurshid Alam -AAG-12 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-04-2019 Heard.

From perusal of the writ application, it appears that the petitioner has a grievance against determination of the amount of compensation paid to him against acquisition of his land. According to the petitioner, his land, which has been acquired, is commercial/residential, whereas, the determination has been done, treating the land to be agricultural. In response to to a query made by this Court as to whether he has received the amount of compensation determined by the competent authority or not, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has received the amount of compensation after lodging his objection to the determination of the amount of

Patna High Court CWJC No.13182 of 2018(2) dt.19-04-2019 2/2 compensation.

If the petitioner has grievance against the manner of determination of the amount of compensation, the petitioner has remedy under Section 64 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, which he can avail.

This writ application is accordingly disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to make an application before the Collector for referring the matter to the competent authority for deciding his claim, which shall be considered in accordance with law.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) HR/- U