Anil Kumar Sinha, J.—The petitioners, in this batch of writ applications, are land as well as the house owners, whose properties have been acquired for the construction of Patna Metro Rail Depot, having a total area of 75.96 acres of land, in two mauza, i.e. Pahari and Ranipur.

PRAYER OF THE WRIT PETITIONERS

2. The relevant prayers and facts are being taken from CWJC No. 4562 of 2022 for the sake of brevity.

3. The petitioners have approached this Court for quashing of the land acquisition notice (Annexure P/26), issued under Section 11 (1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (herein after referred to as the ‘2013 Act’) with regard to 15.95 acres of land, situated in mauza Pahari and 23.35 acres of land, situated in mauza Ranipur, having a total area of 75.96 acres.

4. Further prayer of the petitioners is for setting aside the Social Impact Assessment Report (Annexure P/16), prepared by the Development Management Institute, Patna.

5. The petitioners have also prayed for quashing of the formation of Technical Expert Committee, constituted under Section 7 of the 2013 Act (Annexure P/17) as well as quashing of th