Uday Mehta v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15285 of 2023 ====================================================== 1.

Uday Mehta Son of Late Sawarth Mehta, Resident of Village-Kushwaha Nagar, Dhundhua, P.S.-Khadiha, Kerka, District-Aurangabad (Bihar). 2.

Ramesh Mehta, son of Late Svarath Mehta, Resident of Village-Kushwaha Nagar, Khadiha, P.S.-NTPC Khaira, District-Aurangabad (Bihar). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

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

2.

The Director, Directroate 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 CompanyLtd. (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 Respondent/s :

Mr. Md. Khurshid Alam, AAG-12 For the BRBCL :

Mr. Amaresh Kumar Sinha, Advocate Mr. Vaibhav Narayan, Advocate Mr. Deeksha, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 30-03-2026 Heard Mr. Anirudh Kumar Verma, learned counsel for the petitioners and the State.

2. 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 LARA, Gaya under Section 64(1) of the RTFCLARR Act, 2013 on the application being filed by the petitioner on merit and the LARA, Gaya be directed to dispose the same within stipulated period

Patna High Court CWJC No.15285 of 2023(2) dt.30-03-2026 2/2 as per Section 60(4) of the RTFCLARR, 2013."

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners, at the outset, submit 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.

4. Learned State counsel has no objection to it.

5. 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."

6. In that background, the present writ petition is also disposed of in the same term.

(Rajiv Roy, J) Adnan/- U