Prabhu Kumar SahversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6874 of 2022
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                 Prabhu Kumar Sah, Son of Shiv Nath Sah, Resident of Village-Mirhatti, P.S.-
                 Sultanganj, District- Bhagalpur.

                                                                           ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
           1.    The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms
                 Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
           2.    The Principal Secretary, Land Acquisition Department, Govt. of Bihar,
                 Patna.
           3.    The Director, Land Acquisition and Rehabitation Department, Govt. of
                 Bihar,
           4.    The Divisional Commissioner, Bhagalpur.
           5.    The District Magistrate/Collector, Bhagalpur, District-Bhagalpur.
           6.    The Special Land Acquisition Officer, Bhagalpur, District-Bhagalpur.
           7.    The District Land Acquisition Officer, Bhagalpur, District-Bhagalpur.
           8.    The Anchaladhikari Sultanganj, District-Bhagalpur.

                                                           ... ... Respondent/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s       :      Mr. Sharda Nand Mishra, Advocate
                                                   Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Gupta, Advocate
                                                   Ms. Isha Mishra, Advocate
                 For the Respondent/s       :      Mr. Sajid Salim Khan, SC-25
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   26-03-2026                          Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

                                        2. The present writ application has been preferred

                   for considering the applications filed by the petitioner on

                   27.01.2022 and 31.01.2022, before the District Land Acquisition

                   Officer, Bhagalpur and the District Magistrate, Bhagalpur,

                   respectively, for grant of compensation for the 0.1120 acres of

                   land of the petitioner and further issue direction to the

                   respondents to pay the compensation amount to the petitioner
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          along with the interest of 11% per annum till date and further

          give other legal consequential benefits to the petitioner.

                           3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

          though the land of the petitioner which has been acquired is to

          the tune of 0.1120 acres, the notice which was issued under

          Section 37(2) of the Act contains the area of the land under

          acquisition to be 0.02 acres. It has further been submitted that

          the petitioner filed an application challenging the same before

          the District Land Acquisition Officer, Bhagalpur on 27.01.2022

          and also made a representation before the District Collector,

          Bhagalpur on 31.01.2022, however, till date they have not

          decided the objections being raised by the petitioner.

                           4. Learned A.C. to SC-25, at the outset, submits

          that the matter may be disposed of with a direction to the

          respondent no. 7, District Land Acquisition Officer, Bhagalpur

          for consideration of such representation already made by the

          petitioner and for passing necessary order.

                           5. Considering the aforesaid submissions made by

          the parties, the present writ application is being disposed of with

          a direction to the respondent no. 7, District Land Acquisition

          Officer, Bhagalpur, to consider the application made by the

          petitioner way back on 27.01.2022, and on which till date no
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                      order has been passed. The petitioner shall be at liberty to

                      supplement his submissions, afresh, and a reasoned order be

                      passed by the respondent no. 7, District Land Acquisition

                      Officer, Bhagalpur, within a period of two months from the date

                      of receipt/ production of a copy of this order.

                                  6. Accordingly, the application stands disposed of

                      with the aforesaid liberty to the petitioner.



                                              (Sourendra Pandey, J)
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