IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20620 of 2019 ====================================================== Bashiruddin @ Md. Bashiruddin S/o Late Quamruddin R/o Village-Darzi Bigha, P.S. Madanpur, District-Aurangabad, at present R/o Near Masjid Village Noamundi, P.O. Noamundi Bazar, Kotgarh West Singhbhum, Noamundi Bazar, Jharkhand ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Land Revenue and Reforms Deptt. Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Competent Officer cum Land Reforms Deputy Collector Aurangabad 3. The Project Director N.H. Government of India, Dhanbad Zone 4. The Arbitrator Additional Collector Aurangabad ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Firoz Ahmad, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Dhurjati Kr. Prasad, GP-14 For NHAI : Mr. Dr. Anand Kumar, Adv. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 3 07-01-2026 Heard the parties. 2. The present application has been preferred: for quashing (content in the dated order 31.03.17 Annexure-3) of the Arbitrator Additional collector Aurangabad passed in LA Case no. 141/16-17 by which the claim of the petitioner for payment of compensation on commercial rate been has rejected/dismissed and for a direction to the respondents to pay the compensation on commercial of the land rate of the petitioner acquired by the N.H. Govt. of India in the circumstances set forth below. 3. At the outset, learned State Counsel submits that an Patna High Court CWJC No.20620 of 2019(3) dt.07-01-2026 2/2 order has been passed by the Arbitrator-cum-Additional Collector, Aurangabad and in that background, he has to invoke Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act. 4. Granting said liberty and without commenting on the merit of the case, the writ petition is disposed of. Vijay Singh/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U