IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16467 of 2011 1. Shmabhunath Thakur, son of late Bindeshwari Prasad Thakur, 2. Ranjeet Thakur, son of late Janardan Thakur, 3. Abhay Shankar Azad, son of late Kameshwar Prasad Thakur, all are resident of village- Madhubani, P.O- Patahi, P.S. Sadar, District- Muzaffarpur…… ….Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar, 2. The District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur, 3. Competent Authority cum District Land Acquisition Officer, Muzaffarpur…… .Respondents ----------- For the Petitioners : Mr. Abhay Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ram Balak Mahto, Advocate General Mr. Krishna Chandara, A.C to A.G. …………………….. 4 03.11.2011 Learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to make necessary correction in Paragraph 1(ii) of the I.A. No. 6752 of 2011. I.A. No. 6752 of 2011: This interlocutory application has been filed for impleadment of the Union of India and National Highway Authority as party-respondents as well as for amendment of the part of Paragraph No. 1(i) of the relief portion by replacing the sentence- “to the court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act” with the sentence “to the Arbitrator/competent authority as 2 provided under Section 3.G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956”. There is no opposition to the aforesaid prayer. As a result, this interlocutory application is allowed. Let the relevant portion of Paragraph No. 1(i) be read as per the aforesaid amendment. After some argument, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw this writ application to move before the Arbitrator under Section 3.G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956. Learned Advocate General does not have any objection to that. As a result, this writ application is dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty granted to the petitioners. If such step is taken by the petitioners, let the concerned authority consider the same and take a decision in accordance with law. However, it is made clear that this Court has not formed any opinion on the merit of the case of respective parties. Sanjay-II ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)