Shatrudhan Singh Vs State of U.P. and 4 Others

The grievance raised by the petitioner in the present writ petition is that the possession of land owned by him was taken by the State without acquisition thereof or payment of compensation.

Learned counsel for the State submitted that for redressal of such grievance a Committee was constituted by the State vide Government Order dated May 12, 2016. In case, petitioner approaches the authority, his claim shall be decided in terms of the time fixed therein. He further submitted that this Court has also issued a direction on November 2, 2021 in Writ-C No.25425 of 2021, titled as Ram Kailash Nishad and others v. State of U.P. and others, for decision of all such pending applications.

After hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the submissions, as noticed above, in our opinion, it will be appropriate that the issues be examined by the Committee at this stage as certain factual aspects need consideration.

Let the petitioner file his application before the Committee and, in case, such application is filed, the same shall be considered in terms of

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time fixed in the aforesaid Government Order.

(Piyush Agrawal, J.) (Rajesh Bindal, C.J.)

Allahabad 02.02.2022 Rakesh/Kuldeep

Whether the order is speaking : Yes Whether the order is reportable : Yes/No

Shatrudhan Singh v. State of U.P. and 4 Others