1. Application for substitution to bring on record the legal heirs of the first petitioner is allowed. Cause title be amended accordingly.

2. Leave granted.

3. This appeal arises from a order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Patna dated 7 February 2023 in the Letters Patent Appeal No. 997 of 2019 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 8408 of 2019 by which the Division Bench of the High Court disposed of the Letters Patent Appeal by asking the appellant herein to file an appropriate application before the concerned authority for disbursement of the value of the land assessed at Rs. 4,68,099.

4. The facts giving rise to this appeal may be summarized as under:

In the year 1976, a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act was issued for the purpose of construction of State Highway as notified by the State of Bihar. The land owned by the appellant herein was included in Section 4 notification referred to above. Sometime in 1977, the land of the appellant was acquired. However, it is the case of the appellant that not a single penny was paid to him towards compensation.

5. The appellant preferred an appropriate application addressed to the State Government immediately af