IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20728 of 2011 1. Jadu Sah S/o late Chhakauri Sah 2. Ram Prayag Sah S/o late Chhakauri Sah 3. Ram Adhar Sah S/o late Chhakauri Sah All are resident of village Amara, P.S. Sasaram, Dist. Rohtas. ----Petitioners. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Distt. Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram. 3. The Dist. Land Acquisition Officer, Rohtas at Sasaram. 4. The G.M. Eastern Central Railway, Hajipur. 5. The D.R.M. Mugalsarai, Eastern Central Railway. ---Respondents. ---------------------------------- 03 12.12.2011 Heard Mr. Rajani Kant Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. D.K.Sinha, learned Additional Advocate General no.2 for the Respondent-State and Mr. Mahesh Prasad, learned counsel for the respondent-Railways. Petitioners raise a grievance that they have not been paid adequate compensation for acquisition of their land measuring 0.4684 Hectares situated in village Amara in the District of Rohtas. The grievance of the petitioners is that they have been paid less amount of compensation compared to the beneficiary of Annexure- 2, namely, Girija Kahar. The present application, therefore, has been filed seeking a mandamus commanding the respondents to pay more compensation for their lands which have been acquired. Learned Additional Advocate General submits that Land Acquisition Act, 1894 ( for short ‘Act’) itself provides a remedy. He drew attention of the Court to Section 18 thereof. Learned counsel for the petitioners, in view of the aforesaid provisions, contends that the petitioners shall invoke the said provision for redressal of their grievance. In view of the aforesaid stand taken by the petitioners, the application is disposed of permitting the petitioners to invoke the jurisdiction of the authority in terms of Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act. Sym ( Kishore K. Mandal, J.)