Arun Kumar and 7 Others v. District Magistrate Raibereli and 2 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 11050 of 2023 Petitioner :- Arun Kumar And 7 Others Respondent :- District Magistrate Raibereli And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Umesh Chandra Chaturvedi,Ved Prakash Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. Heard learned counsel for petitioners and learned standing counsel for State. Learned counsel for petitioners is permitted to correct the prayer clause of the writ petition during course of the day. Present writ petition is filed by the petitioners for the following primary relief:- "i) issue an appropriate writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus by virtue of which direct the respondent no.1 i.e. D.M. Rae Bareli to take appropriate action and provide vacate possession of land to petitioners (some part of Gata No.1394, 1395 and 1396 situated at Village-Rajamau, Tehsil-Maharajgunj, District-Rae Bareli) or declared the land in question as acquired land and pay appropriate Four time compensation to petitioners for some part of Gata No.1394,1395 and 1396 situated at Village-Rajamau, Tehsil-Maharajgunj, District-Rae Bareli as per provisions contained Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act along with prescribed interest." Learned counsel for petitioners submits that grievance of petitioners would be sufficiently met in case representation of petitioners for the said purposes is considered and decided in a time bound manner. Learned standing counsel has no objection to the same. In view thereof, petitioners are permitted to make a fresh detailed representation(s) to respondent no.1 District Magistrate, Rae Bareli, raising all their grievance, annexing therewith all the documents in support of their claim within a period of two weeks from today along with a certified copy of this order. In case such a representation(s) is moved by petitioners, respondent no.1 shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law by a reasoned and speaking order within a period of two months from the date a certified copy of this order along with representation is placed before him. It is made clear that this court has not applied itself on the merits of the case and all questions are left open to be considered and decided by the competent authority in accordance with law. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 18.12.2023 Arti/- [Om Prakash Shukla,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.] High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench