Chandrawati v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 42815 of 2023 Petitioner :- Chandrawati Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dharmendra Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,Acting Chief Justice Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J.

¶1The prayer made in the instant petition is for a direction to the respondents to pay compensation to the petitioner for having taken over his land comprising of Arazi 218 Mi. area 0.0135 hectare, Mauza-Shivpur @ Rasoolpur, Tappa-96, Pargana-Kantit, Tehsil-Sadar, District-Mirzapur and decide the representation of the petitioner dated 13.10.2022.

¶2The case of the petitioner is that her land has been utilized by the respondents for widening of national highway without any formal acquisition and also without payment of any compensation.

¶3Shri Rajiv Gupta, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel states that the issue has to be examined by District Level Committee in terms of the Government Order dated 12.05.2016.

¶4Accordingly, the petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to make fresh representation alongwith true attested copy of the instant order before the respondent no.2 within two weeks from today. The respondent no.2 will forward the representation to the Chairman of the District Level Committee for being decided in accordance with law within next twelve weeks after due notice and opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and also after carrying out survey of the site in presence of the petitioner or her representative. (Donadi Ramesh, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, A.C.J.) Order Date :- 12.12.2023 Ankit. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad