IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13629 of 2008 ADITYA NARAYAN DUBEY, SON OF LATE BISHAMBHAR DUBEY, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE AND POST OFFICE RAMGARH, VIA CHAINPUR, P.S. SISWAN, DISTRICT SIWAN. ----- PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER-CUM-SECRETARY, REVENUE AND LAND REFORMS DEPARTMENT, BIHAR, PATNA. 2. THE COLLECTOR, PATNA 3. LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER, PATNA 4. THE D.C.L.R., PATNA COLLECTORATE, PATNA 5. CIRCLE OFFICER, PATNA SADAR 6. THE D.R.M., EAST CENTRAL RAILWAYS, DANAPUR DIVISION, DANAPUR, DISTRICT PATNA. ----- RESPONDENTS ----------- 4 27.8.2010 The petitioner is aggrieved by the fact that 1.8 acres of land in Village Sadikpur Jogi, P.S. Patna City, District Patna bearing Thana No. 9, Touzi No. 227, Khata No. 78 and Khesra No. 250 which was recorded in the name of his great grand father Bindhyachal Dubey, in the records of rights was acquired by the State Government for the Railways. The petitioner who is the resident of Siwan did not come to know about the acquisition proceedings till recently. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it was a vacant piece of land. According to him it was only in the year 2007 that the Railways utilized the lands for construction and it was then that the petitioner came to know regarding the acquisition by filing an application under the Right to Information Act. It is further submitted on behalf of the petitioner, that the Land Acquisition Officer ought to have deposited the amount for compensation in treasury, so that it would have been paid to the rightful owner. It is also submitted that during the acquisition 2 proceedings no notice was ever issued to the petitioner or his ancestors regarding the acquisition. Having regard to the fact that the writ application has been filed after a delay, this Court finds that its hands are tied in the matter and no relief can be granted to the petitioner. This writ application is dismissed. Sanjay ( Sheema Ali Khan, J.)