IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14883 of 2017 ====================================================== 1. Abhay Kumar Singh Son of Sashindra Singh 2. Bijay Kumar Singh Son of Sashindra Singh 3. Vimal Kishore Singh Son of Late Chirjiwi Singh 4. Meera Singh Wife of Vimal Kishore Singh 5. Satyendra Prasad Singh Son of Bishwanath Singh. 6. Sanjay Kumar Singh Son of Kumar Shashindra Singh 7. Ashok KUmar Singh Son of Late Satya Narayan Singh 8. Nirbhay Kumar Singh Son of Late Ram Chandra Singh 9. Seema Singh W/o Ashok Kumar Singh 10. Vandana Singh Daughter of Rabindra Prasad Singh 11. Rajeshwari Devi W/o Rajendra Sada. 12. Kalawati Devi W/o Mahesh Mehta 13. Renuka Singh W/o Rajendra Narayan Singh, 14. Rekha Singh W/o Lagnadeo Prasad Singh 15. Kameshwar Sada W/o Madhuri Sada, 16. Chandeshwari Prasad Mandal Son of Late Ganesh Mandal 17. Ranju Devi W/o Santosh Kumar Mishra 18. Anju Singh W/o Binod Kumar Singh 19. Shiv Narayan Mehta Son of Nandi Mehta, 20. Shiv Shankar Mandal Son of Rajo Mandal 21. Md. Islam Son of Mangal Hussain. 22. Urmila Goswami W/o Arun Kumar Goswami. 23. Dinesh Sada Son of Late Baldeo Sada. 24. Mina Devi W/o Shiv Shankar Mandal 25. Lalo Devi W/o Shiv Narayan Mehta. 26. Gagu Sada D/o Gular Sada. 27. Jhagasu Sada D/o Late Baldeo Prasad. 28. Sadanand Sada Son of Late Jhawar Sada. 29. Kamala devi Wife of Satish Singh. 30. Shankar Prasad Singh Son of Late Yasodhar Singh. 31. Mishri Lal Mehta Son of Sundar Mehta. 32. Fulchand Sada Son of Late Jhawar Sada. 33. Rajesh Sada Son of Late Jhawar Sada. 34. Ukko Sada Son of Late Tilak Sada. 35. Ram Nath Kamat Son of Sibu Kamat. Patna High Court CWJC No.14883 of 2017(4) dt.08-07-2025 2/6 36. Jageshawar Kamat Son of Sibu Kamat. 37. Jagdish Sada Son of Late Dhaneshwar Sada 38. Mishri Lal Kamat Son of Late Laxman Kamat. 39. Chhedi Kamat Son of Late Laxman Kamat 40. Nirmala Devi W/o Late Shivji Prasad Gupta. 41. Md. Yasin Son of Late Jainuddin 42. lla Singh W/o Ravi Shankar Singh 43. Samo Devi W/o Late Kedar Singh 44. Shyam Singh Son of Late Ramji Singh 45. Satrudhan Prasad Yadav Son of Late Sadanand Yadav. 46. Baidyanath Mandal Son of Late Bokay Mandal. 47. Md. Yusuf Safi Son of Late Tetar Safi 48. Md. Muslim Safi Son of Late Tetar Safi 49. Fulo Lal Sada Son of Late Mishri Lal Sada. 50. Md. Noor Mohammad Safi Son of Late Tetar Safi 51. Deo Shankar Mandal Son of Late Rajo Mandal. 52. Ram Chandra Sada Son of Late Bindeshwari Sada. 53. Uday Shankar Mandal Son of Late rajo Mandal 54. Sahabuddin Safi Son of Late Safid Miya 55. Gyan Chand Sada Son of Late Bindeshwar Sada. 56. Sadbhawana Devi W/o Ganesh Bhagat. 57. Ram Narayan Parsela Son of Late Jangal Parsela. 58. Ram Kumar Chauhan Son of Babadin Chauhan. 59. Sanjiv Kumar Son of Bhubneshwar Prasad Gupta. 60. Ranjan Kumar Son of Bhubneshwar Prasad Gupta. 61. Binod Kumar Sah Son of Late Mahendra Sah. 62. Ashok Kumar Singh Son of Late Mahendra Sah 63. Anil Prasad Singh Son of Late Narendra Prasad Singh. 64. Bimla Devi W/o Ashok Singh 65. Anil Kumar Yadav Son of Dhir Nath Bhindwar. 66. Manoj Kumar Yadav Son of Dhir Nath Bhindwar 67. Pramod Yadav Son of Bachchan Bhindwar 68. Gopi Krishna Ray Son of Late Nand Lal Ray. 69. Binod Kumar Yadav Son of Dhir Nath Yadav 70. Subba Lal Sada Son of Late Basudeo Sada 71. Birendra Kumar Son of Late Laxman Sah. 72. Sangam Lal Sada Son of Late Basudeo Sada. Patna High Court CWJC No.14883 of 2017(4) dt.08-07-2025 3/6 73. Gauri Shankar Sah Son of Late Ram Prakash Sah. 74. Prashant Kumar Singh Son of Sarwanand Singh 75. Sadhu Saran Mandal Son of Late rajo Mandal 76. Gopal Saran Mandal Son of Late Rajo Mandal 77. Binod Sah Son of Late Jagarnath Sah 78. Savitri Devi Wife of Parmeshwar Sada. 79. Mera Alam Son of Md. Salim 80. Manowar Alam Son of Md. Salim 81. Aleshwar Sada Son of Late Janki Sada. 82. Ashok Sada Son of Late Bokay Sada. 83. Satya Narayan Sada Son of Late Bokay Sada. 84. Ajay Sada Son of Late Bishun Sada. 85. Rajendra Yadav Son of Late Ajabi Yadav 86. Nageshwar Mandal Son of Late Sita Ram Mandal 87. Gore Lal Mandal Son of Late Rameshwar Kamat. 88. Lalit Prasad Yadav Son of Shiv Shankar Yadav 89. Deo Narayan Yadav Son of Domi Yadav 90. Jagdish Mehta Son of Bachcha Mehta 91. Madhu Singh Son of Abhay Kumar Singh 92. Kiran Devi Wife of Shambhu Choudhary 93. Parmeshwar Kamat S/o Shibu Kamat 94. Ganga Kamat Son of Shibu Kamat 95. Dhanilal Mandal Son of Ram Chandra Prasad Mandal All Resident of Village and Post-Birpur, Ward No.5, Block-Basantpur, Sub-Division-Birpur, District-Supaul. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director Department of Revenue and Land Reforms Land Acquisition, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The Excutive Engineer,Road Construction Department, Pipra, District- Supaul. 5. The District Collector, Supaul. 6. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Birpur, District-Supaul. 7. The Sub-Registrar, Ganpatganj, District-Supaul. 8. The District Land Acquisition Officer, Supaul. Patna High Court CWJC No.14883 of 2017(4) dt.08-07-2025 4/6 9. The Circle Officer, Basantpur, District-Supaul. 10. The Executive Officer, Birpur Nagar Panchayat, District-Supaul. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Amrit Abhijat, Advocate Mr. Snehil Kr. Mishra, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr.Dhurjati Kumar Prasad, GP-14 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 4 08-07-2025 Heard the parties. 2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief/s: (i) for issuance of an appropriate wit order or direction to the District Collector, Supaul for fixation of the amount of award for acquisition of the land of petitioners for construction of Indo-Nepal Boarder Project in pursuant to provision made under section 21 and 26 of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 hereinafter referred RFCTLARR Act, 2013 considering the proposal of land acquisition prepared adhering to section 12 by the requisitioning authority and the market- value as per the sale purchase through local Patna High Court CWJC No.14883 of 2017(4) dt.08-07-2025 5/6 registry office and further give direction the nature of land mentioned at the time of requisition for acquisition can not be changed in arbitrary manner on the basis of a report of committees which has been not empowered under the Act to be constituted rather the authorities mentioned under the Act and document submitted by them can only be the basis for fixation of amount of award and compensation. 3. A counter affidavit on behalf of respondent nos. 5 to 9 is on record. According to which, the Collector, Supaul has already disposed of the objection of the petitioners on 09.10.2017. 4. It is to be noted that to acquire the land for Indo- Nepal Boarder Project, emergency provision was invoked. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that in that background, they have remedy under section 64 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. 6. Granting said liberty and observing that if the petitioners prefers petition in next four weeks, the concerned Patna High Court CWJC No.14883 of 2017(4) dt.08-07-2025 6/6 authority shall take into account that the writ petition was pending before this Court while dealing with the limitation petition. 7. The writ petition stands disposed of with the aforesaid observation. 8. Needless to add since it is an old matter after hearing the parties, the authority shall be taking the matter to its logical conclusion at an earliest. 9. Pending Interlocutory Application(s), if any also stand(s) disposed of. Ravi/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U