HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No.1559 of 2011 (M/S) Satya Prakash Gupta S/o Sri Niranjan Prasad R/o village Dharampur, Dehradun Tehsil & District Dehradun … Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & another …. Respondents Dated:- 28th July, 2011 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Heard Mr. Lok Pal Singh, the learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. P. C. Bisht, the learned brief holder for the State of Uttarakhand and Mr. Lalit Samant, the learned counsel for the respondent no.2. The petitioner’s land was acquired under a notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in the year 2002 for the purpose of Inter State Bus Terminus at Dehradun. The land was acquired and the landowners were given adequate compensation. The building has also come up and the bus terminus has started functioning. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition alleging that the bus terminus was constructed over a part of the land so acquired but the petitioner is still in possession of his land and has consequently, prayed that his land should be excluded from the acquisition and if necessary, the notification should be issued under Section 48 of the Land Acquisition Act. In this regard, the petitioner has made a representation before the authority concerned, namely, the Principal Secretary, which is pending consideration. (Annexure-5 to the writ petition). Considering the aforesaid facts and without going into the veracity of the claim made by the petitioner, this court disposes of the writ petition directing the Principal Secretary to decide the representation of the petitioner by a reasoned and speaking order 2 within three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated 28.07.2011 LSR