SAVITA DEVI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
Court: High Court of Jharkhand
Bench: SRI ANANDA SEN, J.
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court of Jharkhand judgment dated 2026-05-07. SAVITA DEVI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
2026:JHHC:13592 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W. P. (C) No. 3381 of 2026 …….. 1. Savita Devi, W/o Late Dev Kumar Yadav 2. Jicha Devi, W/o Dinanath Yadav, Both are R/o Village-Dihari, Hajipur Bhitta, P. O. -Mirzachowki, P. S. -Mufassil, Dist. -Sahebganj, Jharkhand .... Petitioner(s). Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. Secretary. Building Construction Department of Jharkhand, 3rd Floor, Project Bhawan, PO+PS- Dhurwa, District - Ranchi Jharkhand. 3. Deputy Commissioner (D. C. ), Collectorate Building, PO+PS Sahebganj, District - Sahebganj Jharkhand. 4. District Land Acquisition Officer, Collectorate Building, PO+PS -Sahebganj, District - Sahebganj Jharkhand. 5. Engineer-in-Chief, Building Construction Department (Govt. of. Jharkhand), PO+PS- Sahebganj, District, Jharkhand. 6. Regional Officer, NHAI Regional Office, C-129, Vidyalaya Marg, Road No. 2C, Ashok Nagar, PS- Argora, PO- Doranda, District- Ranchi. 7.
Project Director, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), PIU Sahebganj, 2nd Floor, SDO Kothi, Sakrugarh, PO+PS-Sahebganj, District-Sahebganj (Jharkhand). … Respondent(s) ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ……… For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Aman Kumar, Advocate For the State : Ms. Moushmi Chatterjee, AC to GA-V For the Resp-NHAI : Mrs. Sweety Topono, Advocate Mr. Amrit Raj Kisku, Advocate …...... 09/ 07. 05. 2026 Heard, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the respondent-NHAI. 2. It is grievance of the petitioners that the land and building of the petitioners has been acquired for construction of National Highway under the National Highways Act. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that they have already preferred an application before the District Land Acquisition Officer for taking appropriate steps under the Act, but neither any order has been passed and nor any action has been taken pursuant to their representation.
He submits that suffice it would be if a direction is given to the respondents to dispose of their representation and thereafter take appropriate steps in terms of the National Highways Act. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that if the application of the petitioner is still pending, an appropriate order will be passed and a decision will be taken. 5. In view of the submissions of the learned counsel of both the parties, I direct the petitioners to approach the District Land Acquisition Officer, Sahebganj for ventilating their grievance, who in turn will consider the grievance of the petitioners and pass appropriate order in terms of National Highways Act within eight weeks from today. 6. Accordingly, this writ petition stands disposed of. 7. Pending I. A. , if any stands disposed of. (ANANDA SEN, J. ) th 07 May, 2026 R. S. /S. K. C. Uploaded on 12/05/2026
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