Lal Bahadur Chaudhary v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC No. 3347 of 2026, Patna High Court, Rajiv Roy, J., order dated 16-03-2026 (ORAL ORDER). Land acquisition records; raiyati land Tauzi No. 3296, Thana No. 1060, Khata No. 135, Plot No. 359, 9 katha, Mauza Badarjimi, Anchal Hathua, Gopalganj; online jamabandi in father's name; mandamus to produce acquisition records or initiate acquisition under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 with adequate compensation; restraint against forcible possession/construction; BIADA; Bihar State Sugar Mill Corporation; S.K. Distillery (per Co-ordinate Bench order); Basdeo Chaudhary vs. State of Bihar, CWJC No. 2782 of 2026 (disposed 27.02.2026) followed; petitioner to appear before District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Gopalganj in eight weeks; compensation if entitled in accordance with law; petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of in terms of the Co-ordinate Bench order in Basdeo Chaudhary (CWJC No. 2782 of 2026): petitioner to appear before the District Magistrate-Cum-Collector, Gopalganj within eight weeks; any petition preferred there to be taken up with notice to relevant parties and concluded at the earliest; compensation, if the petitioner is entitled, to be processed in accordance with law; intervening developments subject to the final outcome of the writ petition.