Sharda Singh And ORS v. The State Of Bihar And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10857 of 2016 ====================================================== 1.
Sharda Singh Son of Late Chumman Singh Resident of Village- Ranglalhi, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt Champaran. 2.
Kishuna Singh Son of Late Chumman Singh Resident of Village- Ranglalhi, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt Champaran. 3.
Ramchandra Singh Son of Late Chumman Singh Resident of VillageRanglalhi, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt 4.
Ramakant Singh Son of Late Ram Praman Singh Resident of VillageRanglalhi, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt 5.
Sita Devi Wife of Surendra Singh Resident of Village- Ranglalhi, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt Champaran. 6.
Surendra Singh Son of Bhagwan Singh Resident of Village- Tola Gadiyani, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 7.
Dharamdeo Singh Son of Suryawali Singh Resident of Village- Tola Gadiyani, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 8.
Subhash Singh Son of Dharamdev Singh Resident of Village- Tola Gadiyani, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 9.
Bhagwan Singh Son of Lakshan Singh Resident of Village- Tola Gadiyani, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 10.
Jhapsi Prasad Son of Late Harikishun Kurmi Resident of VillageBanwariya, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 11.
Ramdhari Chaudhary, Son of Late Jamuna Chaudhary, Resident of VillageBanwariya, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 12.
Sattan Patel, Son of Late Motar Patel Resident of Village- Banwariya, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 13.
Jatan Patel, Son of Late Motar Patel Resident of Village- Banwariya, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 14.
Rajwanshi Patel, Son of Late Harikishun Patel Resident of VillageBanwariya, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West 15.
Gauri Baitha, Son of Late Chandi Baitha Resident of Village- Banwariya, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 16.
Rajdhari Baitha, Son of Late Chandi Baitha, Resident of Village- Banwariya, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 17.
Mukhtar Singh Son of Late Kedar Singh Resident of Village- Gadiyani, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 18.
Banke Singh, Son of Late Kedar Singh, Resident of Village- Gadiyani, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 19.
Kamal Kurmi, Son of Late Lalji Kurmi Resident of Village- Banwariya, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran.
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Lalan Yadav Son of Late Chhathu Yadav, Resident of Village- Banwariya, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 21.
Gopi Kurmi, Son of Late Lalji Kurmi, Resident of Village- Banwariya, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 22.
Kedar Yadav Son of Late Haridwar Raut, Resident of Village- Banwariya Tola Gadiyani, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West 23.
Mukhtar Dewan, Son of Late Rahmatullah Dewan Resident of VillageRanglalhi, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt 24.
Mohan Kumar Son of Fulena Mahto, Resident of Village- Ranglalhi, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt Champaran. 25.
Raghunath Yadav Son of Late Mahadeo Yadav Resident of VillageRanglalhi, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt 26.
Kishore Kushwaha, Son of Late Ramjit Kushwaha, Resident of VillageBanwariya, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West 27.
Ramdhar Kushwaha, Son of Ramjit Kushwaha, Resident of VillageBanwariya, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West 28.
Safruddin Dewan, Son of Late Rajjak Dewan, Resident of VillageRanglalhi, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt 29.
Most. Champa Devi Wife of Late Kapildeo Kurmi, Resident of VillageBanwariya, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West 30.
Heera Yadav Son of Late Jhulan Yadav Resident of Village- Gadiyani, P.O.- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- West Champaran. 31.
Rajrup Harijan Son of Late Sobram Ram, Resident of Village- Ranglalhi Banwariya, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt 32.
Mahendra Ram, Son of Late Purnwasi Ram, Resident of Village- Ranglalhi Banwariya, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt 33.
Sri Kishun Ram, Son of Late Sobran Ram, Resident of Village- Ranglalhi Banwariya, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt 34.
Ramayan Ram, Son of Late Lakhraj Chamar, Resident of Village- Ranglalhi Banwariya, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt 35.
Suryanarayan Ram, Son of Late Lakhraj Chamar, Resident of VillageRanglalhi Banwariya, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt Champaran.
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Patwari Ram, Son of Late Lakhraj Chamar, Resident of Village- Ranglalhi
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Nagina Ram Son of Late Lakhraj Chamar, Resident of Village- Ranglalhi Banwariya, Post Office- Ranglalhi, Police Station- Dhanha, District- Wesrt ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State Of Bihar.
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The District Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran. 3.
The Land Acquisition Officer, Bettiah, West Champaran. 4.
The Executive Engineer, Flood Control Division-1, Madhubani Shivir Parauna, District-Kushi Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Suresh Prasad Sharma, Advocate For the Respondent/s :
Mrs. Archana Meenakshee, GP-6 Mr. Rana Veer Prawar, AC to GP-6 Mr. Rohit Singh, AC to GP-6 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 13-01-2026 Heard the parties.
2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief(s):
"for issuance of appropriate writ/writs, order/orders, direction/directions to pay the compensation amount to the petitioner for the land belonging to them which has been acquired for the purpose of the construction of an embankment and road over it. It is further prayed that any further construction of the Road on embankment be ordered to be stayed till the entire payment of compensation
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3. An un-rebutted counter-affidavit has come on behalf of the State-respondent, according to which, most of the land owner who submitted their documents have taken their compensation and there is nothing on record, so far as petitioner is concerned.
4. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioners submit that with appropriate documents, they shall be approaching the respondents.
5. This Court does not want to make any comment in the matter as the acquisition took place in the year 1978, the copy of the counter-affidavit was served upon the petitioners in the year 2018 and there is no rebuttal.
6. Granting liberty to agitate the matter if they have valid documents relating to the land in question, the writ petition stands disposed of.
(Rajiv Roy, J) Adnan/- U