Arun Kumar Singh And ORS v. The State Of Bihar And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7488 of 2015 ======================================================
1. Arun Kumar Singh
2. Barun Kumar Singh
3. Kanjaiya Singh All Sons of Parmanand Singh
4. Ashok Kumar Choudhary, Son of Late Nand Kishore Choudhary
5. Amrendra Choudhary, Son of Ramakant Choudhary
6. Sushil Kumar Yadav, Son of Late Balbir Yadav
7. Smt. Daya Devi, Wife of Late Kailash Singh
8. Ram Briksh Paswan, Son of Late Sahdeo Paswan
9. Bramhadeo Choudhary, Son of Late Balram Choudhary
10. Ramesh Singh, Son of Late Dwarika Singh
11. Subodh Singh, Son of Late Dwarika Singh
12. Rudra Narayan Singh, Son of Late Bidyanand Singh
13. Vidyanand Singh, Son of Late Bhajju Singh
14. Upendra Singh @ Gopal Singh, Son of Bhaujju Singh
15. Pawan Kumar Singh, Son of Late Yugeshwar Singh
16. Rakesh Singh, Son of Late Sikandar Singh All resident of village - Bhatgama, P.S. Chausa, District - Madhepura .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna
2. The Collector, Madhepura
3. The Land Acquisition officer, Madhepura
4. The Circle officer, Chausa, District - Madhepura .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Hare Krishna Prasad For the Respondent/s : Mr. Krishna Chandra, AC to AG ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER 24-08-2015 Heard the parties.
For the grievances raised on behalf of the petitioners, as indicated in para 1 of the writ petition, they have a remedy before the statutory authorities under the provisions of The Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short 'Act, 1894'). In the writ petition filed on behalf of the petitioners complete facts have not been disclosed. Neither the date of award
Patna High Court CWJC No.7488 of 2015 (2) dt.24-08-2015 nor the copy of the award prepared under the provisions of the Act, 1894 have been brought on the record. It appears that the petitioners are not satisfied with the quantum of compensation paid to them. That being the position, they have a remedy under the provisions of the Act, 1894.
In above view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioners to raise their grievances before the statutory authorities, as indicated above. If such a petition is filed, then the competent authority shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law.
The petitioners shall be at liberty to raise all the issues of facts and law before the statutory authorities, which may be available to them.
(Birendra Prasad Verma, J) Arvind/- U