Smt. Malti Devi v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Land acquisition; L.A. Notification No. 19 of 2007-08 dated 10.12.2007; 96.71 acres; Village Kopa Kala, Naubatpur, Patna; industrial area; BIADA; lapse under Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013; fair compensation; Awards Serial No. 36 and 38; L.A. case no. 19/2007-08; Plot 1286 Khata 580; Plot 1282 Khata 615; United Breweries Limited; restoration of revenue records; District Land Acquisition Officer Patna; directions to file application within six weeks; decision preferably within six months; Patna High Court CWJC 15119 of 2015; Prabhat Kumar Singh J.; disposed 04-01-2024.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of by directing the petitioner to apply to respondent no.4 (District Land Acquisition Officer, Patna) within six weeks for fair compensation for the acquired land; respondent no.4 to decide and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law after hearing the parties, preferably within six months. The prayers to quash the L.A. Notification and to restore the petitioner's name in the revenue records were not granted by this order.