IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5375 of 2009 ABHAY SHANKER SINGH, ADVOCATE, Patna High Court, son of Late U.S. Singh, Resident of 301, Mahendra Apartment, Mohalla and P.S. Patliputra Colony, Patna-13 ….Petitioner Versus 1. THE UNION OF INDIA through the General Manager, East Central Railways, Hajipur. 2. The Chief Engineer, Construction (Ganga Bridge Munger) East Central Railways, Mahendru Ghat, Patna. 3. The Dy. Chief Engineer (Construction), Ganga Bridge Munger, Constructions Department, East Central Railways. 4. The Chief Administrative Officer (Construction), East Central Railways. 5. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 6. The District Magistrate, Begusarai. 7. The District Land Acquisition Officer, Begusarai. 8. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Begusarai. …Respondents ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Abhay Shanker Singh, (In person) For the respondent nos.1-4 : Mr. A. Amanullah, Advocate. For the respondent nos.5-8 : Mr. Sddharth Prasad, AC to AAG 9 ------------ 6/ 24.08.2009 Heard the counsel appearing for the parties. The grievance of the petitioner is that effective steps were not being taken to handover the land to the railways for construction of a bridge on the northern flank over river Ganga near Munger. By previous order dated 31.07.2009, the Chief Secretary was directed to look into the matter and take appropriate decision. A counter affidavit has been filed, wherein, it has been indicated that the Chief Secretary has looked into the matter and issued necessary directions to the District Magistrate to proceed with the acquisition proceeding so that the land can be handed over to the railways. In view of such stand taken in the counter affidavit, we call upon the District Magistrate to take effective and expeditious steps to complete the process of acquisition and to handover the land to the railways for early completion of bridge. - 2 - With the aforesaid observation, this writ petition is disposed of. JA/- (P. K. Misra, CJ.) (Anjana Prakash, J.)