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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:142800-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 23091 of 2025 Petitioner :- Azad Singh @ Azad Respondent :- State Of Up And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Priyanka Tripathi,Vivek Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Anish Kumar Gupta,J.
1. Heard Shri Vivek Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Ambrish Shukla, learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for State respondents.
2. The instant writ petition has been preferred for a direction to respondents to treat the petitioner's land as commercial/ residential land for the purposes of compensation and to determine the compensation strictly in accordance with the Government Order dated 19.03.2015 and the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. It is further prayed for a direction to respondent no.2-District Magistrate, Jhansi to decide the petitioner's representation dated 02.04.2025 within stipulated period.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that Bundelkhand Industrial Development Authority (BIDA) had proposed an acquisition for planned industrial development of the area in question and accordingly notification had also been issued. The petitioner is owner of land being Gata No.793 area 1.0970 hect., Gata No.794 area 1.0970 hect., Gata No.797 area 0.8540 hect, Gata No.796 area 0.7480 hect., Gata No.802 area 0.9270 hect. and Gata No.800 area 0.5460 hect. Learned counsel for the petitioner, in support of his submissions, has placed reliance on the
order dated 08.06.2018 passed by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Jhansi under Section 80 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 (in short
"Code"), whereby the land in question has been declared as abadi. The order dated 08.06.2018 is brought on record along with the supplementary affidavit. Learned counsel for the petitioner, in this backdrop, has confined his prayer for a direction to the respondents that his aforesaid representation is to be decided in the light of the order dated 08.06.2018.
4. Considering the factual situation; without expressing any opinion on merits of the issue and with the consent of parties, the instant writ petition stands disposed of asking the District Magistrate, Jhansi/ Special Land Acquisition Officer, Jhansi to process and finalise the aforesaid representation/application of the petitioner in accordance with law expeditiously and preferably within three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order.
Order Date :- 20.8.2025 SP/ Digitally signed by :- SURYA PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad