IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7748 of 2010 1. SHAKUNTALA DEVI @SHAKUNTALA MEHTA W/O LATE SUBHASH CHANDRA MEHTA @ HANUMAN DAS MEHTA R/O VILL.- SIPARA INDIAN OIL CORPORATION ROAD, P.S.- JAKKANPUR, DISTT.- PATNA 2. SWEETY KUMARI D/O LATE SUBHASH CHANDRA MEHTA @ HANUMAN DAS MEHTA R/O VILL.- SIPARA INDIAN OIL CORPORATION ROAD, P.S.- JAKKANPUR, DISTT.- PATNA 3. BIJALI KUMARI D/O LATE SUBHASH CHANDRA MEHTA @ HANUMAN DAS MEHTA R/O VILL.- SIPARA INDIAN OIL CORPORATION ROAD, P.S.- JAKKANPUR, DISTT.- PATNA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. REGISTRAR, CIVIL COURT, PATNA 3. HEAD CLERK OF RECORD ROOM CIVIL COURT, PATNA ----------- 02. 10.05.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. 2. Petitioners have filed this writ application praying inter alia to direct the concerned Special Land Acquisition Judge to pay the compensation amount in the light of Reference Case No. 2 of 1979 and 388 of 1979 as the awarded amount has already been sent to the Special Land Acquisition Judge No.-1 by the Collector, Patna under Letter No. 877 dated 30.7.2009, Annexure-2(a) vide cheque no. 931271 dated 25.07.2009 but the amount is not being paid to the petitioners since the records of the reference case has become traceless. 3. Having heard counsel for the petitioners and the State, I direct the Special Land Acquisition Judge Nos. 1 and 3 to trace the record of Reference Case No. 2 of 1979 and 388 of 1979 and if the same is not available then to get the same reconstructed and thereafter pay the awarded amount which has been received from the District Land Acquisition Officer, Patna under cheque dated 25.07.2009 to the awardees as early as possible, in any case within one month from the date of reconstruction of the record. 4. With the aforesaid observation/direction, the writ application is disposed of. P.K.P. (V.N.Sinha, J.)