2026:JHHC:16581 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 3805 of 2021 National Highways Authority of India through its Project Director, Mr. Sudhir Kumar, son of late Jugeshwar Prasad, resident of Project Implementation Unit, NHAI Complex, Kandra, P.O Bhitia, P.S. Govindpur, District- Dhanbad 828109 (Jharkhand). .... Petitioner(s). Versus 1. State of Jharkhand. 2. The Secretary, Land and Revenue Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, Dhurwa, Ranchi. 3. The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro. 4. The Additional Collector-cum-Arbitrator, Bokaro. 5. The District Land Acquisition Officer-cum-Competent Authority, Bokaro. 6. Madan Mahto, son of Shri Shukal Mahto, resident of Bandhdih, P.O Banddih, P.S. Jaridih, District- Bokaro. . … Respondent(s) ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s): M/s Sweety Topno and Amrit Raj Kisku, Advocates. For the State: Mr. Abhijeet Anand, AC to Sr. SC-I. For Resp. No. 6: M/s Sanjeev Thakur and Shivam Kr. Jha, Advocates. ------ 12/09.06.2026 In this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing the order dated 10.7.2017 (Annexure-7) passed by the Additional Collector-cum- Arbitrator, Bokaro in Land Acquisition Appeal No. 05/2017 whereby he enhanced the compensation amount treating the nature of land as residential due to boundary wall erected over agricultural land after the publication of notification under Section 3A and 3D of National Highways Act, 1956 and also for a direction to the respondents restraining them to act in pursuance of impugned order dated 10.7.2017 till the decision of this application. 2. It is jointly submitted by the learned counsel for the parties that the issue raised in the present writ petition is covered by the order/judgment dated 22nd July, 2021 passed in W.P.(C) No.1332 of 2020 [National Highways Authority India, through its Project Director Vs. The State of Jharkhand & Ors.] and W.P.(C) No.1333 of 2020 [National Highways Authority India, through its Project Director Vs. The State of Jharkhand & Ors.], whereby the said writ petitions have been dismissed. They further submit that this case is similar to those cases, which deserves similar fate. 3. Considering the said submission of the parties, the present writ petition is dismissed in terms with the aforesaid order. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 09th June, 2026 Anu/-