JUDGMENT :

Kausik Chanda, J.

1. This appeal is arising out of an order dated December 22, 2021, whereby a learned Single Judge has dismissed the writ petition.

2. In the writ petition, the writ petitioners prayed, inter alia, for a declaration that the Land Acquisition Case No.4/34 of 1999-2000 stood lapsed and prayed for a direction to put the petitioners in possession of their respective plots of land. In the alternative, it was prayed that the respondents be directed to acquire the petitioners’ land and to pay compensation in terms of the “present Land Acquisition Act.”

3. The petitioners made out a case that they were settled with different plots of vested land by the State of West Bengal. The petitioners alleged that the said lands of the petitioners along with other contiguous plots were acquired by the State under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The petitioners claimed that though they were “Raiyats”, no award was published in their name and no compensation was paid to them.

4. The writ petition was dismissed by an order dated July 4, 2016, by a learned Single Judge of this Court observing, inter alia, that such dismissal will not cause prejudice to the rights of the petitioners