Ramvijay Pandey v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15474 of 2022 ====================================================== Ramvijay Pandey S/o Late Dev Prasad Pandey, Resident of Village- Gudru, P.S.- Guraru, District- Gaya.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary Land Revenue and Reform Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

2.

The District Magistrate, Gaya.

3.

The Land Acquisition Officer, Gaya.

4.

The Circle Officer, Guraru, Gaya 5.

The Project Director, N.H.A.I. , Gaya.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Uday Narayan Singh, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, AC to SC-19 For the NHAI : Mr. S.N. Pathak, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 27-08-2024 Heard Mr. Uday Narayan Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, learned AC to SC-19 for the State as well as Mr. S.N. Pathak, learned counsel for the NHAI.

2. After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petition may be disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file an application before the competent authority under the National Highways Act, 1956 and the competent authority is directed to refer the dispute to the decision of the Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction within the limits of whose jurisdiction the land is situated within

Patna High Court CWJC No.15474 of 2022(4) dt.27-08-2024 2/2 a period of two weeks under the 3(H)(4) of the National Highways Act, 1956.

3. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition stands disposed of.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Ibrar//- U