IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5950 of 2014 ====================================================== Sanjay Kumar Pandey Son Of Late Kanhaiya Pandey Resident Of Village - Chakaura, Police Station - Nawanagar, District - Buxar, At Present Sri Krishna Vihar Colony, Near Saichak, Banswari, Beur, Patna - 800002 ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar and Ors 2. The Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Bihar, Patna 3. The Secretary, Rural Works Department, Bihar, Patna 4. The Secretary, Rural Development Agency, Bihar, Patna 5. The Secretary, Public Works Department, Bihar, Patna 6. The Collector, Buxar 7. The Deputy Collector, Buxar 8. The Circle Officer, Nawanagar, Buxar 9. The Block Development Officer, Buxar 10. The Director, National Project Construction Corporation Ltd., Faridabad - 121004 11. The Pariyojana Director, National Project Construction Corporation N.P.C.C. , Buxar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vinay Kumar Mishra, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Tej Bahadur Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 4 30-06-2025 Heard the parties. The present writ petition has been preferred for the following relief(s): for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing commanding the respondent authorities to pay appropriate compensation amount with interest to petitioner for price of his private land i.e. 14 Patna High Court CWJC No.5950 of 2014(4) dt.30-06-2025 2/3 kathas i.e. from Khesra No. 333, 16 kathas and khesra No. 318, 8 kathas total 14 kathas, which has been used for construction of public road after completing the due formalities its acquisition in accordance with law and also to further pay appropriate compensation for the unilateral, illegal and arbitrary act aforesaid of respondents which stands certified from letter dated 7.1.2010 of Panchayat Sammittee, Kasimpur, District- Khagaria and be further pleased to grant such other relief or reliefs for which petitioner is found entitled in the eyes of law. 3. A counter affidavit is on record on behalf of the District Magistrate, Buxar duly signed by the Circle Officer, Nawanagar, Buxar which talks about the construction on the land pursuant to the oral consent given by the villagers. However, it records that the consent was oral which include the petitioner’s family. 4. On the one hand, the stand of the State is that only after the oral consent of all the villagers, the road was constructed and on the other hand, the stand of the petitioner is that he never gave consent. 5. In that background, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he shall be approaching the Collector, Buxar afresh along with all the documents to show his bona fide Patna High Court CWJC No.5950 of 2014(4) dt.30-06-2025 3/3 as also the documents that from day one, he protested inclusion of his land. 6. Without commenting on the merit of the case and granting liberty to approach the Collector, Buxar as the clear stand of the petitioner is that he/his family members never gave consent, the writ petition is disposed of. 7. If the petitioner approaches the aforesaid respondent, he/she is duty-bound to take the matter to its logical conclusion at an earliest. Vijay Singh/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U