Heard Mr. Sumeet Kr. Singh, learned counsel for the
petitioners and the State.
2. The present application has been preferred for the
following relief(s):
“I. for quashing the process of
acquisition published in the daily newspaper
“Hindustan” dated 23.10.2021 (Annexure-P/19)
under Section-11(1) of the Right To Fair
Compensation And Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation And Resettlement Act,
2013 (hereinafter referred to as “RFCTLARR ACT,
2013 for the sake of Brevity”) which has been
initiated under the signature of the District
Magistrate, Patna with regard to 50.5950 acres of
land bearing Mauja-Pahadi, Revenue PS-Patna
City, Thana No.-14, and 25.35 acres of land and in
Mauja-Ranipur, in Revenue P.S. Patna city, Thana
No.- 19, Circle-Patna Sadar, District-Patna and,
altogether 75.96 acres of land is tentative to be
acquired vide under Project Patna Metro (Rail
Depot Corporation); on the ground that the
Patna High Court CWJC No.15120 of 2025(3) dt.27-07-2026
notification dated 23.10.2021 is incorrect, the
process is without following the Social Impact
Assessment (herein after referred as ” S.I.A. for the
sake of brevity”), the action is in violation of
Section-4, 6 & 7 of RFCTLARR Act, 2013, the
notification is itself wrong as the same on the face
of record states that there is no displacement of
people and the S.I.A. report is totally contradictory
stating there is displacement of people;
