Court No. - 38
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38353 of 2018 Petitioner :- Ravindra Nath Pandey And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Abhinava Upadhya,J. Hon'ble Vivek Varma,J.
Heard Sri Rajesh Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State-respondents.
By means of this writ petition the petitioners claim that pursuant to a road widening project, their land have been acquired but compensation has not been paid to them.
In case, the petitioners have clear title over the land and such land has been taken over for widening of road in public interest, then the petitioners would be entitled to compensation. The Executive Engineer, Public Works Department is stated to be the appropriate authority to look into the grievance of the petitioners.
The writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the Executive Engineer-respondent no.3 that in case the petitioners' land have been acquired for widening of the road and the petitioners have clear title over the land, their claim for compensation, be considered and appropriate orders be passed in accordance with law, as far as possible, within a period of three months from the date a certified copy of this order is presented before the authority concerned.
Order Date :- 26.11.2018 SKM
(Vivek Varma,J.) (Abhinava Upadhya,J.)