IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20742 of 2011 1. Kameshwar Prasad son of late Mudrika Kohar, resident of village- Amara, P.S. Sasaram, Dist. Rohtas. ---Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Distt. Magistrate Rohtas at Sasaram. 3. The Distt. 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 petitioner, Mr. D.K. Sinha, learned Additional Advocate General no.2 for the Respondent-State and Mr. Mahesh Prasad, learned counsel for the respondent-Railways. Petitioner raises a grievance that he has been paid less amount of compensation for acquiring 0 .0607 Hectares of land situated in village Amara in the District of Rohtas. Learned counsel, with reference to Annexure-2, contends that 0.0607 Hectares of land belonging to Girija Kahar was/were also acquired but he was paid higher amount of compensation. A prayer, therefore, has been made that the respondent be commanded to pay more compensation for the land belonging to the petitioner which was/were acquired. Learned Additional Advocate General contends that the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 ( for short ‘Act’) itself provides a remedy which may be invoked. Learned counsel for the petitioner, in view of the aforesaid provision contained in the Act, submits that the petitioner would invoke the said jurisdiction of the authority. The application is disposed of with the liberty aforesaid. Sym ( Kishore K. Mandal, J.)