Mrityunjay Kumar v. The Union Of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Land acquisition; National Highways Act S.3A and S.3-D; Gazette Notification no. 985 (02.05.2013) and no. 2589 (12.11.2013); N.H.-31 Bakhtiyarpur-Khagaria Section; village Maranchi, District Patna; fresh measurement of lands; publication of persons interested; Arbitrator-cum-Divisional Commissioner, Patna Division; District Land Acquisition Officer; NHAI; alternative/arbitration remedy; writ petition disposed of with liberty to approach arbitrator within eight weeks.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to approach the Arbitrator-cum-Divisional Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna within eight weeks; the said authority to take up the matter, notice/hear the parties and pass an appropriate order at the earliest, preferably by the end of the year. The prayer for quashing the Gazette Notifications and for fresh measurement was not adjudicated on merits.