In Binod Kumar vs. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Energy Department, Government of Bihar, Patna & Ors. (2025), Justice G. Anupama Chakravarthy delivered a 4-page long judgement dated September 3, 2025 granted "liberty to the petitioner to seek necessary compensation by approaching the concerned District Judge and in case, any such petition is filed within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order, the same shall be examined and considered on merits by the appropriate forum and shall be disposed of as expeditiously as possible."
The petitioner prayed for direction to the the Power Grid Corporation of India, Respondent no. 7 and the Executive Director, ER-I, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., Respondent no. 8 not to unauthorizedly occupy the land of the petitioner situate in Mauza-Sarari, Khata no.120, Plot no.1249 measuring 26 Decimils equivalent to about 08 kathas bounded in the north by Madho Singh, South-Jagannath Singh, East-Devlal Bhagat & West-Jagdev Singh and remove the encroachment upon the land. Alternatively, he sought direction to the Respondent no. 7 and 8 to provide compensation of Rs. 80.00 lakhs @Rs.10.00 lakhs/katha for the loss suffered by the petitioner by the unauthorized occupation of the land for erection of Tower.
The counsel for the respondents contended that since the matter was squarely covered under the order dated June 26, 2024 passed in CWJC No. 17625 of 2016 Lalmuni Devi vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. (2024) by the High Court in which the High Court had passed the order in light of the judgment passed by the Supreme Court in The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited vs. Century Textiles & Industries Ltd & Ors. reported in 2017(2) PLJR (SC) 152, the writ petition may also be disposed of on the same terms and conditions.
After perusal of the judgment, the counsel for the petitioner sought liberty to file appropriate application for compensation before the appropriate forum.
The writ petition was disposed of in terms of the aforesaid judgment passed in CWJC No. 17625 of 2016 (supra) in light of the judgment passed by the Supreme Court in the case of The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited case "with liberty to the petitioner to seek necessary compensation by approaching the concerned District Judge and in case, any such petition is filed within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order, the same shall be examined and considered on merits by the appropriate forum and shall be disposed of as expeditiously as possible."
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