IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9722 of 2011 ====================================================== Mahalakshmi Devi, w/o- Sri Govind Mishra, r/o- village- Mahinathpu, P.S.- Jhanjharpur, Anchal Jharjharpur, District- Madhubani (Bihar). .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Land Acquisition Department, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Collector of District (DM), Madhubani. 3. The Additional Collector-cum-Arbitrator, NH-57 Project, Madhubani, District- Madhubani. 4. The District Land Acquisition Officer-cum-competent officer, NH-57 Project, Madhubani, District- Madhubani. 5. The National Highway Authority of India through its Chairman, NHAI, New Delhi. 6. The Project Manager, NHAI, Darbhanga. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shashi Nath Jha For the Respondent/s : Mr. Ram Balak Mahto Ag ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KISHORE KUMAR MANDAL ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KISHORE KUMAR MANDAL) 3 20-12-2011 Learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.C. to A.G. for the State and Mr. Ranjan kumar Singh for the respondent National Highways Authority of India (for short “N.H.A.I.”). Heard. There is agreement at Bar that Section 3G(5) of the National Highways Authority of India Act 1956 provides a remedy to the petitioner for the relief prayed for in the application. Learned counsel for the respondent N.H.A.I. also endorses the aforesaid stand of the petitioner. Patna High Court CWJC No.9722 of 2011 (3) dt.20-12-2011 2 In that view of the matter, the present application is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the competent authority under the Act (i.e. respondent No. 3) for redressal of her grievance. In case, any such application/representation is filed within a reasonable period of time, the said authority shall consider and dispose of the representation/application in accordance with law as quickly as possible preferably within four weeks of its filing. PANKAJ KUMAR/- (Kishore K. Mandal, J)