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2025 DAILYLAW 17449 (PAT)

Smt. Saroj Devi v. The State Of Bihar and Anr

CWJC/19080/2017 · 2025-06-24

Rajiv Roy

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19080 of 2017 ====================================================== Smt. Saroj Devi Wife of Sri Pradeep Kumar, Resident of Village-Kaila Bigha, Post Office-Telhada, Police Station-Islampur, District-Nalanda. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Spl. Land Acquisition Officer, Flood Protection Program, Patna Bihar. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : None For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sajid Salim Khan, SC-25 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 24-06-2025 No one appears on behalf of the petitioner though State is present. 2. The present petition has been preferred for the grant of following relief(s): (A) For issuance of an appropriate writ/or writs, in the nature of certiorari, for quashing the notice dated 02.02.2013, issued under signature of Respondent No. 3 in Case No. 4/11-12 as contained in Annexure- 3 Series, where under and whereby the petitioner has informed that he has been awarded lesser compensation of her land in question under provision of section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act 1994, instead of provision of Section24 of the right Fair to Compensation and transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Re-settlement Act 2013. Patna High Court CWJC No.19080 of 2017(2) dt.24-06-2025 2/2 (B) For issuance of an appropriate writ/or writs, order/or orders, direction/or directions in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondents to pass afresh award and to pay compensation to the petitioner as per provision of the said new Act 2013 in the light of provision of proviso of section 30 of the said Act, as the respondents has not paid a single paisa as compensation to the petitioner as yet. (C) For any other relief/reliefs for which the petitioner may be found entitled under the Law under given facts and circumstances of the case. 3. Learned State counsel submits that if the petitioner is aggrieved by the award/notice, could have preferred petition before appropriate authority/moved before the competent court for the redressal of the grievance. 4. Be that as it may, in view of the none appearance, the writ petition stands dismissed for non-prosecution. vinayak/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U