Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the land and houses belonging to the petitioners / their predecessors-in-interest situated at VillageChapiya, Saneya, Totki, Bair Tand, Madgari, Khupa and Pol-Pol in Palamau District (now under Bhandaria Police Station in Garhwa District) were acquired by the State Government through the respondent No.10 for the purpose of Kutku Reservoir Scheme under North Koyal Project in Palamau District. About 634 families in 15 villages were declared displaced under Kutku Reservoir Scheme under the Jharkhand Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 1981. The land and houses of the petitioners / their predecessors-in-interest were acquired under the said scheme and as per the rehabilitation notification issued in the year 1973 and onwards, they were displaced from their land and houses and were compelled to settle somewhere else due to which their livelihood also got adversely affected. It is further submitted that under the similar project i.e. Batane Reservoir Project, the displaced persons have been provided Rs.1.5 Lacs for house construction, Rs.2.25 Lacs for self-employment and Rs.72,000/- for life subsistence under the Bihar/Jharkhand Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy of the year 1981, 1988, 2003 & 2012. It is also submitted that the list of the beneficiaries under the North Koyal (Mandal Dam) Project has also been prepared, who would be granted the benefits under the applicable scheme. However, the petitioners and their family members have not been included in the said list. Though the petitioners have made several representations before the respondents for redressal of their grievance, yet the same have not been responded.
