IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20966 of 2025 ====================================================== Navin Kumar @ Naveen Kumar Son of Late Baidyanath Pd. Singh, Resident of village and P.O.- Jamin Mathia, P.S.- Minapur, Sub-division and Munsifi- Muzaffarpur East, District- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. 2. The District Land Acquisition Officer, District- Muzaffarpur. 3. The Chief Executive Officer, Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (KBUNL), NTPC, Kanti Muzaffarpur. 4. The Additional General Manager (AGM), N.T.P.C., Muzaffarpur. 5. The Circle Officer, Kanti, Muzaffarpur. 6. Sachinta Devi, Wife of Late Ranjeet Chaudhary, Resident of village- Dhamauli Ramnath, P.O.- Kalwari, P.S. and Anchali- Kanti, District- Muzaffarpur. 7. Nevi Devi, Wife of Jai Bhuwan Singh, Resident of village and P.O.- Gokhula Rupauli, P.S. and Anchal- Paroo, District- Muzaffarpur. 8. Kunal Kumar, Son of Jai Bhuwan Singh, Resident of village and P.O.- Gokhula Rupauli, P.S. and Anchal- Paroo, District- Muzaffarpur. 9. Nawal Kishore Sharma, Son of late Yamuna Sharma, Resident of village Kalwari, P.S.- Kanti, District-Muzaffarpur. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Government Pleader (19) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 12-01-2026 Heard Mrs. Bela Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. Dr. Shobha Chaubey representing the State. 2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief(s): “(i) For directing and commanding the respondent to pay proper compensation to the Patna High Court CWJC No.20966 of 2025(2) dt.12-01-2026 2/3 petitioner against his acquired land, i.e. khata no.1446, Khesara no. 2096, area 0.011 decimal, Khesara no. 8557 area 0.5 decimal, and Khata no. 1448 Khesara no. 2026 area 0.30 decimel, Khesara no. 2027 area 10 decimal in Dhamauli Ramnath, P.S.-Kanti, District-Muzaffarpur, taken by respondent authorities for construction of Make-up Water Corridor, under KBUNL, Kanti Muzaffarpur. (ii) And also for any other relief/ relieves for which petitioners are found to be legally entitled under the facts and circumstances of the case.” 3. The matter relates to Khata no. 1448 (Khesra nos. 2026, 8557 and 2096) under Kanti Circle in the district of Muzaffarpur and the claim of the petitioner is that though the same was taken up to be used by the Kanti Electricity Nigam Ltd. under NTPC, Muzaffarpur, payment has still eluded him. 4. Learned State counsel submits that the petitioner should have approached the District Land Acquisition Officer, Muzaffarpur for the redressal of the grievance. 5. Considering the submissions of the parties and the Patna High Court CWJC No.20966 of 2025(2) dt.12-01-2026 3/3 prayer, it would be appropriate that the petitioner approaches the District Land Acquisition Officer, Muzaffarpur in next four weeks who shall be looking into the matter and passing a reasoned order in accordance with law preferably by 30.06.2026. Adnan/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U