Umesh Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15160 of 2023 ====================================================== Umesh Singh Son of Late Ramdev Yadav Resident of Village- Dundhua Tola, Neyamatpur, P.S.- NTPC Khaira (Nabinagar), District- Aurangabad (Bihar). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

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

2.

The Director, Directorate of Land Acquisition, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3.

The District Magistrate-Cum-Collector, Aurangabad. 4.

The District Land Acquisition Officer Aurangabad. 5.

The Chief Executive Officer, Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Ltd. (A Joint Venture of India Railway and NTPC) its Office Located at the Campus of BRBCL Khaira, P.S.-NTPC, Khaira Circle Nabinagar, District-Aurangabad. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Vyas Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Rishi Raj Sinha, SC-19 For the Resp. No.5 :

Mr. Amaresh Kumar Sinha, Advocate :

Mr. Vaibhav Narayan, Advocate :

Ms. Deeksha, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 07-04-2026 Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes that he shall be removing the defect pointed out by the office.

2. Heard the parties.

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

"for direction to the authority concerned particularly to Respondent No. 3 to refer the matter before LARRA, Gaya under Section 64(1) of the RTFCLARR Act, 2013 on the application being filed by the petitioner on merit and the LARRA, Gaya be directed to dispose the same within stipulated period

Patna High Court CWJC No.15160 of 2023(2) dt.07-04-2026 2/2 as per Section 60(4) of the RTFCLARR Act, 2013."

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the outset, submits that his case be also considered and disposed of in the light of the order passed by the Coordinate Bench in Kumar Ohm vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. (CWJC No. 2743 of 2023) dated 12.07.2023.

5. Learned State counsel has no objection to it.

6. The relevant portion of the aforesaid order passed in Kumar Ohm (supra) read as follows:

"Considering the circumstances, the District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Aurangabad is directed to consider the case of petitioner under Section 64 of the RFCTLARRA, 2013 and shall pass order on merit and shall refer the matter for reference before LARRA, Gaya.

With this observation and direction, the present Writ Petition stands disposed off."

7. In that background, the aforesaid writ petition is also disposed of in the same term.

(Rajiv Roy, J) vinayak/- U