Udal Singh v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1849 of 2017 ====================================================== Udal Singh son of Late Indradev Singh, resident of Village- Masrul Baroon, P.S.- Barun- Distt- Aurangabad.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State Of Bihar and Ors 2.

The District Magistrate, Aurangabad.

3.

The Additional Collector cum Arbitrator, Aurangabad. 4.

The Deputy Collector Land Reforms cum Competent Authority, Aurangabad.

5.

The Chief General Manager, National High Way II, Aurangabad. 6.

The Project Director, P.I.U., N.H.A.I., Varanasi. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anirudh Kumar Verma, Adv.

For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Sajid Salim Khan- Sc25 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 24-06-2025 Heard the parties.

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

quashing the awarded dated 14.3.2016 passed under "Right to Fair compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 which is amended award dated 31.5.2014 under section 3G of the national Highway Act, 1956 under Gazette notification dated 8.12.2010 without following mandatory requirements under section 24(2) of the RFCTLARR Act, 2013.

Patna High Court CWJC No.1849 of 2017(2) dt.24-06-2025 2/2

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be granted liberty to approach the Arbitrator in the matter against the order in question.

4. The respondents have no objection to it.

5. If such petition is preferred before the appropriate authority, he/she shall take into account the fact that the writ petitioner was pending before this Court for almost eight years while deciding the limitation petition.

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

(Rajiv Roy, J) Vijay Singh/- U