Lalita Saw v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3875 of 2026 ====================================================== Lalita Saw S/o Bega Saw Resident of Village- Sinduriya, P.S.- Barun, District- Aurangabad, Bihar.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2.

The Collector, Aurangabad.

3.

Presiding Officer cum DCLR, Aurangabad.

4.

The Land Acquisition Officer, Aurangabad.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Satya Vrat, AC to GP-10 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 30-03-2026 Heard the parties.

2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief(s):

"I. For a direction to the respondent authority specially Respondent No.-4 to pay the adequate compensation for the land of the petitioner which was acquired by the N.H.A.I. for conversion of NH-02 into 6 Lane Road.

II. For further direction to the respondent authority to pay the compensation for the land including 2 stories building in which the crops of rice, wheat and boxes of the clothes were

Patna High Court CWJC No.3875 of 2026(2) dt.30-03-2026 2/3 kept by the petitioner in the said house, which were also destroyed by the authority while demolition of the said house.

III. For further issuance of a direction to pay the compensation for the illegal act of the authority by which they have destroyed the valuable property of the petitioner without giving any prior information about the demolition of the said house, so that the petitioner could be abled to take away the rice, wheat, paddy and other valuable household articles amounting to rupees 2 lacs.

IV. Pass any other order as your lordships may deem fit and proper under the circumstances of the case."

3. After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he shall be approaching the respondent no. 4, the District Land Acquisition Officer, Aurangabad for the redressal of the grievance.

4. Learned State counsel has no objection to it.

5. In that background, granting liberty to the petitioner and expecting the concerned respondent to act in the matter if

Patna High Court CWJC No.3875 of 2026(2) dt.30-03-2026 3/3 any petition is filed in next eight weeks, the writ petition stands disposed of.

(Rajiv Roy, J) Adnan/- U