IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12034 of 2011 Yogendra Mahto, Son of Late Natthu Mahto, resident of village Araria Sangram, P.S. Jhanjharpur, District Madhubani …. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Land Acquisition Department, Bihar, Patna 2. The Collector of District (DM) Madhubani 3. The District Land Acquisition Officer, cum Competent Officer NH 57 Project, Madhubani 4. The National Highway Authority of India, through its Chairman NHAI, New Delhi 5. The Project Director, NHAI, Darbhanga ------ 2 30.08.2011 Heard Mr. Shashi Nath Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Ram Balak Mahto, learned Advocate General for the State and Mr. Sunil Kumar No. II, learned counsel for the Respondent nos. 4 and 5. The only issue raised by the petitioner in this case is that though there was notification with regard to accusation of 18 decimals of his land detailed in paragraph no. 4 of this writ application, however, actually 20 decimals of land has been utilized by the Respondent nos. 4 and 5. It is submitted that for that purpose he has filed a petition on 20.12.2010 itself before the 2 Respondent no. 3 who is a competent officer under the Act. However, the same has not been disposed of by him. In above view of the matter, this writ application is being disposed of without going into the merit of the case, directing the Respondent no. 3 to dispose of the application dated 20.12.2010, if that has been filed by the petitioner before it and if the same is still pending, within two months from the date of receipt / production of a copy of the order in accordance with law. Spd/- ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)