IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17972 of 2021 ====================================================== Ram Singar Singh, S/o Late Shri Sarath Singh @ Late Ram Chandar Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through the Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The District Magistrate - Cum - District Collector, Vaishali at Hajipur. 3. The District Land Acquisition Officer, Vaishali at Hajipur. 4. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Vaishali at Hajipur. 5. The Circle Officer, Circle Raghopur, Vaishali. 6. The Anchal Ameen, Circle Raghopur, Vaishali. 7. The Halka Karamchari, Mauja Karmopur, Raghopur. 8. Yogendra Prasad Singh, S/o Late Daroga Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 9. Smt. Swati Kumari, W/o Stya Prakash, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 10. Smt. Anamika Singh, W/o Om Prakash R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 11. Neha Kumari, W/o Dev Prakash, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 12. Janardhan Singh @ Hikayat Singh, S/o Late Ram Lakhan Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 13. Rana Pratap Singh, S/o Ramnandan Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 14. Rakesh Kumar Singh @ Vakil Singh, S/o Ramnandan Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 15. Most. Nitu Devi, W/o Late Maharana Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 16. Vivek Kumar Singh @ Tinku Singh, S/o Late Maharana Singh, R/o Village - Patna High Court CWJC No.17972 of 2021(3) dt.02-02-2026 2/7 Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 17. Rahul Kumar @ Anjani, S/o Late Maharana Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 18. Aashish Ranajan @ Sonu Kumar, S/o Late Maharana Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 19. Devnath Kumar Singh @ Devnath Singh, S/o Late Satwaki Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 20. Most. Sumitri Devi, W/o Late Satwaki Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 21. Brajesh Kumar Singh, S/o Late Banarsi Prasad Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 22. Surendra Singh, S/o Late Banarsi Prasad Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 23. Chandrabhushan Singh, S/o Late Banarsi Prasad Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 24. Most. Seema Devi, W/o Late Banarsi Prasad Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 25. Ranvijay Kumar Singh, S/o Late Aniruddh Prasad Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 26. Digvijay Kumar Singh, S/o Late Aniruddh Prasad Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 27. Ranveer Kumar Singh, S/o Late Aniruddh Prasad Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 28. Kishori Prasad Singh, S/o Late Ramsundar Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 29. Ranjeet Singh, S/o Late Ramsundar Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 30. Ajeet Kumar Singh, S/o Late Harendra Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 31. Shambhunath Singh @ Shambhu Singh, S/o Ram Pyare Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Patna High Court CWJC No.17972 of 2021(3) dt.02-02-2026 3/7 Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 32. Ravi Kumar, S/o Late Bindeshwari Prasad Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 33. Most. Dhanvarti Devi, W/o Late Jagdeep Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 34. Atendra Singh, S/o Late Raghunath Singh @ Machchhu Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 35. Most. Manju Devi, W/o Late Raghunath Singh @ Machchhu Singh R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 36. Satish Chandra Singh, S/o Late Dwarika Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. 37. Vashishth Singh, S/o Late Dwarika Singh, R/o Village - Amer Tola Karmopur @ Amer Naya Tola Karmopur, P.O. - Nawanagar Bazar, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manish Chandra Gandhi, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Rishi Raj Sinha, SC19 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 02-02-2026 Heard Mr. Manish Chandra Gandhi, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Rishi Raj Sinha, learned SC19 for the State. 2. The petitioner in paragraph no. 1 of the present writ petition has sought inter alia the following relief(s), which is reproduced hereinafter:- “1-That this writ application is being filed for the following reliefs: - (i)- For issuance of an appropriate Patna High Court CWJC No.17972 of 2021(3) dt.02-02-2026 4/7 writ/writs, order/orders, command/commands, direction/directions to the respondent No.-1 to 7 to stop payment of award for land acquisition of Khata No.-92, Khesra No.-474 (part), 483 (part), 484 (part), 485 (part), 577 (part), 578 (part), 579 (part), 581 (part), 589 (part), 598 (part), 858 (part), 859 (part), 860 (part) and 883 (part) Total Area of all Khesras 2 Acres and 122 decimals situated in Anchal Ragjopur, Mauza Karmopur, District Vaishali, to the private respondents till the disposal of Partition Suit No.-44/2021 pending in the court of learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Vaishali at Hajipur filed by the petitioner. (ii)- For issuance of an appropriate writ/writs, order/orders, command/commands, direction/directions to the official respondents for not distributing the land acquisition award to any of the parties till the disposal of Partition Suit No.-44/2021 pending in the court of learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Vaishali at Hajipur filed by the petitioner (iii)- For any other writ/writs, order/orders, command/commands, direction/directions for which petitioner shall be entitled under the facts and circumstances of this case.” 3. The brief facts of the case is that the land in question appertains to Khata No. 92 of Mauza Karmopur, P.S. Raghopur, District Vaishali, which the petitioner claims that originally belonged to one Prasad Singh, the common ancestor of the petitioner and the private respondents, and upon his death, it devolved upon his several sons and their descendants including the petitioner, whose father Shri Sarath Singh @ Ramchandra Singh stood recorded in the revisional survey khatiyan with specified shares. On 24.11.2016, the State of Bihar issued a gazette notification for acquisition of several Patna High Court CWJC No.17972 of 2021(3) dt.02-02-2026 5/7 plots under the said khata for construction of the Green Field Bridge (Kachchi Dargah to Bidupur Project), wherein the names of the petitioner’s ancestors and father were shown as interested persons and notices under the relevant provisions of the Act of 2013 were issued by the District Land Acquisition Officer. The petitioner alleges that during the pendency of acquisition proceedings, his agnate Yogendra Prasad Singh (Respondent No. 8), on the basis of forged and fabricated documents, executed registered gift deeds in favour of his daughter-in-laws in respect of portions of the notified land despite statutory prohibition on transfer, obtained a Land Possession Certificate for the entire khata in connivance with revenue officials, and attempted to withdraw the entire compensation to the exclusion of other co-sharers. The petitioner repeatedly raised objections before the land acquisition authorities and issued legal notices requesting that the compensation amount be withheld till adjudication of pending civil disputes, including Partition Suit No. 44/2021 and other partition suits relating to the same khata, but no action was taken. Apprehending illegal disbursement of the land acquisition award to the private respondents, the petitioner claims himself to be a bona-fide co-sharer in the acquired land and seeks withholding of compensation until final Patna High Court CWJC No.17972 of 2021(3) dt.02-02-2026 6/7 determination of title and shares by the competent civil court. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, referring to paragraph 13 of the writ petition, submitted that subsequent to the publication of the notification dated 24.11.2016, the petitioner instituted a partition suit on 15.01.2021 with a view to secure his share of the compensation amount. The legitimate claim of the petitioner has been deprived by the District Land Acquisition authority to favour the private respondent nos. 8 to 37. 5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondents submitted that in the background of the information contained in para 13, as well as, the information contained in para 5 the compensation has not been paid to any of the private respondents due to title dispute in respect of the land in question. 6. Considering the aforesaid information, as well as, in view of the relief, as sought for, in the present writ petition, I don’t find to pass any order on merit of the case. The Land Acquisition Officer, Vaishali has not given effect to make payment of the compensation amount in respect of the land in dispute to any of the claimant till date. 7. The petition is disposed of with liberty to the Patna High Court CWJC No.17972 of 2021(3) dt.02-02-2026 7/7 aggrieved parties to avail appropriate remedy in accordance with law. Ashishsingh/- (Purnendu Singh, J) U