IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13976 of 2010 (1) Sudarshan Ram, son of Sri Vashisath ram, (2) Jagpat Noniya, son of Late Dev Chand Noniya, (3) Brij Noniya, son of Banshi Noniya, All of village Salaiya Karma, PS Nabinagar, District Aurangabad. (4) Bashu Deo Yadav, son of Late Laldhari Yadav, village Kajrai, PS Nabinagar, District Aurangabad - petitioners. Vs. 1) The State of Bihar, 2) The Director, Department of Land Reforms, Bihar, Patna. 3) The Collector, Aurangabad. 4) The Dist. Land Acquisition Officer, Aurangabad. 5) The Addl. Collector, Aurangabad. 6) The Anchal Adhikari, Nabinagar, Aurangabad. 7) The National Thermal Power Corporation through its Managing Director, SCOPE Complex Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, Delhi. 8) The General Manager, Nabi Nagar Thermal Power Project, Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited, Nabinagar, District Aurangabad – Respondents. 2 26.8.2010 In view of several judgments of the Supreme court which have held that the authorities who have to release the money, ought to be heard in the land acquisition proceeding, which is a general direction given by this court to the Land Acquisition Officer / Collector of the district, the General Manager, Nabi Nagar Thermal Power Project, Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited, Nabinagar should be added as a party in all the land acquisition proceedings. The reason is that the respondent aforesaid has to provide the money for payment of compensation. Coming to the facts of this case, the petitioners, four in number, claim that they are the land holders of plots of land as described at paragraph 8 of the writ petition. The case of the petitioners is that these lands have been acquired, but they have not received notice under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act. 2 The petitioners appeared suo motu before the Land Acquisition Officer and filed documents to indicate that they are the bona fide land holders of the lands in question. The Land Acquisition Officer should examine their documents of title and pass appropriate orders in the matter. The petitioners would be at liberty to bring this order to the notice of the Land Acquisition Officer within eight weeks from the date of its receipt. This writ petition stands disposed of with the aforesaid observations. haque ( Sheema Ali Khan, J.)