IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18630 of 2016 ====================================================== Mithilesh Singh Son of Late Ram Naresh Singh resident of village - Kerka Khadha, P.S. N.T.P.C. Khaira and District - Aurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Aurangabad 3. The District Land Acquisition officer, Aurangabad ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anirudh Kumar Verma, Advocate : Mr. Praveen Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Vishwambhar Prasad, AC to AAG-5 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 21-08-2025 Heard Mr. Anirudh Kumar Verma, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel representing the State. 2. The present petition has been preferred for the grant of following relief(s): “for direction to the concerned Respondent authority particularly Respondent no. 3 to drop proceeding of recovery which has been initiated at the instance of objection raised by a stranger who has no connection or link with the land in question as well as neither the old Act i.e. The Land Acquisition Act, 1984 nor The RFCTLARR Act, 2013 permits to initiate such type of proceeding that has been noticed vide dated Patna High Court CWJC No.18630 of 2016(2) dt.21-08-2025 2/2 06.09.2016 issued by the Respondent no. 3 in the matter where compensation has been paid much earlier to the petitioner and his brothers since the collector has become functions offitio after filing and signing the award and for quashing of the notice dated 06.09.2016.” 3. It has been informed by Mr. Verma that the sole petitioner has died and as such, liberty be granted to the heirs to approach afresh if he/she/they so want. 4. Granting said liberty, the writ petition stands disposed of. vinayak/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U