Respondents challenged an order identifying them as encroachers on rehabilitation plots under the Ganga Bridge Project. The petitioner asserted illegal acquisition due to lack of notice to the heir of Raghu Mahto.
Petitioner's writ petition was dismissed without reopening land acquisition proceedings.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15587 of 2012
.... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar Through The Secretary, Department Of Rehabilitation, Patna Secretariate, Patna
.... .... Respondent/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : M/s. Pramod Kumar Gayadutta, Abinash Kumar, Gayadutta, Advocates. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Shashidhar Jha, AC to GA-1
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.N. SINHA ORAL ORDER
2 11-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
Patna High Court CWJC No.15587 of 2012 (2) dt.11-09-2012 2/2
land, as the same is under encroachment. This Court under order dated 1.5.2012 speaking through Samarendra Pratap Singh, J. directed the authorities to remove the encroachment from the aforesaid two plots and to hand over the same to the petitioner of the said writ case, namely, the allottee.
(V.N. Sinha, J)
Rajesh/-
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the land acquisition proceedings conducted for the Ganga Bridge Project in 1971-72, which allegedly failed to give notice to the heirs of Raghu Mahto, should be reopened.
Whether the petitioner, identified as an encroacher, is entitled to the rehabilitation plot allotted to another person.
Ram Naresh Yadav
Azizur Rahman
The State Of Bihar
The Collector, Patna
The Executive Engineer, Ganga Bridge Project Wing
Bijay Prasad Singh
V.N. Sinha
As recorded by the court registry
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