Court No. - 4
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 31326 of 2019 Petitioner :- Anuradha Srivastava Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Surya Nath Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Chandra Sekhar Pandey
Hon'ble Bala Krishna Narayana,J. Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondent nos. 1 to 3.
The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents have taken possession of the land of the petitioner without acquiring it and without paying any compensation to her.
The petitioner in this connection has represented to the respondent no. 2, District Collector, Gorakhpur vide application dated 25.03.2019, a copy of which has been filed as Annexure No. 6 to the writ petition.
The Government Order dated 12.05.2016 provides that where complaints are received with regard to such unauthorized possession of the land, the Committee headed by Additional District Magistrate (Finance and Revenue) would consider the matter and submit its report within two months to the District Magistrate, whereupon, he will take an appropriate decision in accordance with law.
In view of the Government Order dated 12.05.2016, we direct the respondent no. 2, District Collector, Gorakhpur to place the above application of the petitioner for proper inquiry before the aforesaid District Level Committee and on receipt of the report from it to pass an appropriate order in accordance with law, expeditiously. The above exercise would be completed by the respondent no. 2 within a period of four months from the date of production of authentic copy of this order.
In case, the petitioner is found entitled to any compensation, the same shall be paid to her within a period of two months from the date on which the respondent no. 2 takes decision on the petitioner's representation.
With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of.
Order Date :- 26.9.2019 KS