JUDGMENT :

This writ petition is under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, by which, the decision taken by the authority vide order dated 18.02.2015 as contained under annexure-5 passed by the Deputy Collector Land Reforms, Barhi Hazaribagh, whereby and whereunder, he has refused to recognize the petitioner as raiyat for the purpose of receiving compensation against acquisition of land pertaining to Khata No.1, Plot No.7 out of 3.24 acres for the purpose of construction of national highway-1 as also for quashing the order dated 18.03.2016 passed by the Deputy Commissioner as contained under annexure-6, by which, the order dated 18.02.2015 has been affirmed by the Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh.

2. The brief facts of the case of the petitioner as per the pleading made in the writ petition is that the land measuring an area of 3.24 acres situated at Khata No.1, Plot No.07, Thana no.41 in village Sardarpur in the district of Koderma which was initially in the Ramgarh Ward No.2 and was settled in favour of the ancestors of the petitioner in the year 1926 through Hukumnama.

After coming into the effect of Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950, the petitioner became the raiyat of the land in