Sarita Sahu @ Sarita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4572 of 2020 ====================================================== Sarita Sahu @ Sarita Devi, Female, aged about 50 years, W/o Kamal Chandra Sahu, resident of Mohalla Indra Nagar Laliyahi, Near Hanuman Mandir, P.S. Katihar, District Katihar.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

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

The Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

3.

The Principal Secretary, Road Construction Deptt., Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4.

The Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Highways Authority of India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India, New Delhi. 5.

The Divisional Commissioner, Purnea Division, Purnea. 6.

The District Magistrate, Katihar.

7.

The District Land Acquisition Officer, Katihar. 8.

The Project Director, National Highways Authority of India, Project Implementation Unit, Purnea.

9.

The District Sub-Registrar, Katihar.

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Sunil Kumar Verma, Advocate Mr. Suman Kumar Verma, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Sajid Salim Khan, S.C.25 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 06-03-2020 Heard both sides.

The petitioner filed this writ petition for appropriate valuation of his land and grant of compensation for acquisition of land bearing Plot No.498, Khata No.87, situated in Mauza Katihar, District Katihar.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner never received any notice after issuance of gazette

Patna High Court CWJC No.4572 of 2020(2) dt.06-03-2020 2/2 notification under Section 3A of the N.H.A.I. Act. The petitioner filed petition before the Project Director and the Project Director, N.H.A.I. by Annexure-9 sent back the representation of the petitioner to the Land Acquisition Authority, Katihar for consideration and order.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State as well as N.H.A.I. submit that they have got no objection if the petitioner appears and his objection is considered in accordance with law by the Land Acquisition Authority.

Having considered the facts, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the petitioner to appear before the Land Acquisition Authority and file detailed representation with regard to the nature and valuation of the land. The Land Acquisition Authority shall dispose of the representation of the petitioner within three months from the date of filing of representation by the petitioner.

With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of.

(Prabhat Kumar Jha, J) S.KUMAR/- U