Yogendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8155 of 2026 ====================================================== Yogendra Kumar Son of Late Chandrika Prasad, resident of Village-Dayali Bigha, P.O and P.S- Modanganj, P.S- Ghosi, District- Jehanabad (Bihar). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Water Resource Govt. of Bihar, New Secretariat, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 2.

The District Magistrate, Jehanabad.

3.

The District Land Acquisition Officer, Jehanabad. 4.

The Executive Engineer Mandai Weir Irrigation Project, Ghosi, Jehanabad. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Government Pleader 19 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 27-07-2026 Heard the parties.

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

(i) for direction/directions to the respondents to pay adequate compensation at the market value of the land of the petitioner measuring an area of 30 decimals which has been acquired due to work of River embankment/canal digging under the scheme of Mandai Weir Irrigation Project

Patna High Court CWJC No.8155 of 2026(3) dt.27-07-2026 2/3 (ii) Further for payment of fair compensation with proper interest and (iii) for other relief/reliefs/order/orders for which the petitioner is entitled to in the facts and circumstances of the case.

3. In the presence of learned State Counsel, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it will suffice if respondent no. 3, the District Land Acquisition Officer, Jehanabad acts in the matter.

4. The counter affidavit of the Executive Engineer Mandai Weir Irrigation Project, Ghosi records that the department has only sent the requisition before the DLAO, Jehanabad for acquiring the land to construct the embankment on Turwan Distributary under the Scheme of Mandai Weir Irrigation Project and as such, it has to be done at the end of DLA, Jehanabad,

5. In that background, instead of keeping the case pending, this Court directs the District Land Acquisition Officer, Jehanabad (respondent no. 3) to immediately act in the matter and take the case of the petitioner to its logical conclusion at an earliest and in any case, by 30.11.2026.

Patna High Court CWJC No.8155 of 2026(3) dt.27-07-2026 3/3

6. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed of.

(Rajiv Roy, J) ankita/- U