IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12568 of 2026 ====================================================== 1. Razi Ahmad Razu Son of Md. Mohamad Nadaf, Resident of Village Sobhan, Police Station Darbhanga Sadar, District Darbhanga. 2. Vishal Kumar Choudhary, Son of Bhola Choudhary, Resident of Village Sobhan, Police Station - Darbhanga Sadar, District Darbhanga. 3. Chandrashekhar Ray, Son of Uttim Ray, Resident of Village Sobhan, Police Station Darbhanga Sadar, District Darbhanga. 4. Musaphir Mahato, Son of Nandan Mahato, Resident of Village Sobhan, Police Station Darbhanga Sadar, District Darbhanga. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Additional Chief Secretary, Road Construction Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Commissioner, Darbhanga Division, Darbhanga. 5. The District Magistrate cum Collector, Darbhanga. 6. The Executive Engineer, Road Construction, Darbhanga. 7. The Superintending Engineer, Road Construction Department, Darbhanga Circle, Darbhanga. 8. The District Land Acquisition Officer, Darbhanga. 9. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Darbhanga. 10. The National Highway Authority of India, through its Chairman having its office at G-5 and 6, Dwarika, Sector 10, Delhi, 110075. 11. The Project Director cum Regional Director, National Highway Authority of India, Regional Office at D-63, Sri Krishnapuri, Police Station S.K. Puri, Town and District - Patna. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Gajendra Kumar Singh, Advocate Ms. Surabhi Nirmal, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Standing Counsel (6) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 17-08-2026 Heard Ms. Surabhi Nirmal, learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Patna High Court CWJC No.12568 of 2026(2) dt.17-08-2026 2/3 2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief(s): “(i). for issuance of direction to the respondent authorities, particularly the respondent state officials to construct the Sobhan - Ekmi Bypass Corridor as per the initial alignment made on 07.04.2025 as the same has been changed without consent of the farmers and and on pressure of some influential persons who big houses were coming on the way of earlier alignment. (ii) for quashing the land acquisition notice dated 28.03.2026 issued in Land Acquisition Case No. 39 of 2024-25 by the Collector, Darbhanga. (iii) for staying the operation of land acquisition notice dated 28.03.2026 issued in Land Acquisition Case No. 39 of 2024 25 by the Collector, Darbhanga during pendency of the present writ petition. (iv) for any other relief reliefs to which the petitioners are found entitled in Patna High Court CWJC No.12568 of 2026(2) dt.17-08-2026 3/3 the facts and circumstances of the case.” 3. After some argument, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it would suffice if his case is taken up by the respondent no. 5, the District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Darbhanga. 4. Learned State counsel has no objection to it. 5. In that background, granting liberty and without commenting on the merit of the case, the writ petition is disposed of. munindra/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U