1. In Miscellaneous Judicial Case No. 586 of 1959 the case of the petitioner is that he had purchased 3 kathas 3 dhurs of land in village Lohanipur, comprised in plot No. 295, khata No. 200, tauzi No. 387, and forming Colony Plot No. 96, at a cost of Rs. 3150.00 from Syed Anwar Hussain and his co-sharers by a registered sale-deed dated 23-5-1955, for the purpose of constructing a house. It appears that by a notification dated 2-2-1957, published in the Bihar Gazette, the State Government declared that the land of the petitioner along with other lands were intended to be acquired for a public purpose, namely, for construction of low-income-group houses by the Peoples Co-operative House Construction Society, Patna.

On 9-11-1957, the petitioner filed a claim before the Land Acquisition Officer for compensation for the acquisition of the land in question. The claim petition was heard, and on 20-10-1958, the Land Acquisition Officer made an award under Sec.11 of the Land Acquisition Act and the compensation payable to the petitioner was determined to be Rs. 3586/28 nP.

A notice of the award was given to the petitioner on 1-5-1959, but the Land Acquisition Officer instead of maki