PATNA HIGH COURT ISSUES JUDGMENT ON SHAMBHU NATH SINGH V/S THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS.

PATNA, India, May 15 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on April 10:

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned AC to AAG -12.

2. The learned AC to AAG -12, at the outset, submits that a counter affidavit filed in the year 2023, categorically states that a calculation of the amount as per the award declared by the Chairman-cum-Presiding Officer of the Tribunal under the Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Act has been sent to the requistioning department i.e. the Home Department to sanction the difference amount.

3. It has been submitted that the petitioner may be asked to represent before appropriate authority i.e. Land Acquisition Officer, Saran at Chapra respondent no. 4 to receive the a...