Heard the parties.

2. The present writ petition has been preferred for the following reliefs :-

77 (Hazipur- Muzzaffarpur) four lane at Mauja Saidlpur Patedha Thana No 326 and Akhtiyarpur Patedha Thana no. 319 the respondents want to acquire the property of the petitioners on the cost of agriculture land for that they are protesting since long;

(iii) for direction to declare the acquisition is illegal in terms of right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement act 2013- section 24(2) which results into lapse of land acquisition proceeding after 8- 10 years too on cost of agriculture land while it is commercial cum residential land;

(iv) for direction to fixing the cost of compensation four times as today the halka rate, the government fixed the rate of halka as per Right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisitions rehabilitation and resettlement scheme.

3. A supplementary counter affidavit on behalf of the Chairman, NHAI, Sector 10, Dwarka, New Delhi (respondent no. 3) is on record and in paragraph-3, it has been incorporated Patna High Court CWJC No.7123 of 2021(11) dt.11-03-2024 4/4 that in case of any grievance there is a statutory mechanism provided under the National Highway's Act, 1956 by which the petitioner is entitled to file claims for higher compensation before the Arbitrator appointed under Section 3G (5) of the aforesaid Act.

4. In the light of the aforesaid averment made by the NHAI in the supplementary counter affidavit, it would be appropriate for the petitioner to go before the Arbitrator for his higher compensation within a period of four weeks from today.

5. If such representation is filed, the same shall be taken to its logical conclusion preferably within a period of six months from the receipt of the said representation.

6. The CWJC No. 7123 of 2021 stands disposed of.

(Rajiv Roy, J) Jagdish/-