Santosh Kumar Shrivastava v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38865 of 2023 Petitioner :- Santosh Kumar Shrivastava Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mahesh Narain Singh,M.N. Singh Counsel for Respondent :- CSC,Sudhir Bharti Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J.

¶1The instant petition has been filed praying for a mandamus directing the respondents to revise the compensation amount payable to the petitioner in respect of the land of which possession has been taken over by the respondents for extension of Kushi Nagar Airport.

¶2The case of the petitioner is that his entire 2 decimal abadi land of Khasra No.1255 is getting affected. However, the respondents are proposing to pay compensation for an area measuring 12 sq. meters only.

¶3Sri Rajeev Gupta, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents and Sri Sudhir Bharti appearing for respondent no.4 have no objection in case the claim of the petitioner is referred to the District Level Committee for decision in terms of Government Order dated 12.05.2016.

¶4Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on merits, the petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to make claim for compensation in respect of the land in dispute before the Chairperson of the Committee envisaged under Government Order dated 12.05.2016 within two weeks from today. The Committee will decide the claim of the petitioner, after due notice and opportunity to him and also after carrying out survey of the site in presence of the petitioner or his representative. The final decision shall be taken by the Committee within next twelve weeks. (Donadi Ramesh, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 21.11.2023 SL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad