IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19710 of 2011 Raghunath Mahto S/O Late Bachai Mahto R/O Village- Araria Sangram (Dehe), P.S. & Anchal- Jhanjharpur, Distt.- Madhubani (Bihar) … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar Through The Secretary Land Acquisition Department, Bihar, Patna 2. The Collector Of District (Dm), Madhubani 3. The Additional Collector Cum Arbitrator NH-57 Project, Madhubani, Distt.- Madhubani 4. The District Land Acquisition Officer Cum Competent Officer Nh-57 Project, Madhubani, District- Madhubani 5. The National Highway Authority Of India, Through its Chairman, NHAI New Delhi 6. The Project Director, NHAI, Darbhanga ….. Respondents For the Petitioner : Mr. Shashi Nath Jha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Krishna Chandra, AC to AG For the Respondent : M/s Sunil Kumar & Nos. 5 and 6 Ranjan Kumar Singh, Advocates 2 22.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner the State and the respondent nos. 5 and 6. A limited prayer has been made at the time of hearing of this application for a direction to the respondent no. 3 to dispose of the application filed on behalf of the petitioner which is contained in Annexure 2 , which is pending before the respondent no. 3, i.e., the Arbitrator appointed under the National Highways Act, 1956 as well as Annexure 4 2 which is pending before the respondent no. 4, i.e., the District Land Acquisition Officer, cum Competent Officer, NH 57 Project Madhubani. In view of the aforesaid limited prayer made on behalf of the petitioner, this writ application is being disposed of, without going into the merit of the case of the petitioner, with a direction to the respondent nos. 3 and 4 to dispose of the respective representations / applications filed before such authorities by the petitioner as mentioned above, if already not having been disposed of , expeditiously preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt / production of a certified copy of this order. Spd/- ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)