IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7659 of 2007 RAM RATAN SINGH, son of late Laddu Singh, Resident of village – Khairi-Hasanpur, PS & District Lakhisarai ………. ………. Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Collector, Lakhisarai 3. The Additional Collector, Lakhisarai 4. The District Land Acquisition Officer, Lakhisarai 5. The Circle Officer, Lakhisarai ……..Respondents ----------- 03- 5.2.2009 Heard Mr. Mukesh Kumar Jha for the petitioner, and learned Assistant Counsel to AAG III. The petitioner raises a grievance before this Court that his lands are being acquired for creation of a passage to the newly constructed police lines at Lakhisarai. His grievance is that his lands are being acquired for the third time and government lands are closed by available. There is no need to acquire the lands of the petitioner who is a very poor person. The respondents have placed on record their counter affidavit and have opposed the writ petition. 2. We have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. It appears from a perusal of the local inspection report dated 23.2.2007 (Annexure D) of the Anchal Adhikari, Lakhisarai, that the petitioner’s lands are being acquired for the first time for the project in question. Secondly, the adjoining government land is a pyne (irrigation channel) which is 12 feet wide, and has a high voltage electricity tower thereupon. Passage of breadth of 30 feet is being constructed and, therefore, the pyne is inadequate for the purpose. Furthermore, the existence of the high voltage electricity tower on the pyne renders it unfit for creation of a - 2 - passage. In that view of the matter, I feel there is no merit in this writ petition. It is accordingly dismissed. ( S K Katriar ) mrl