ORDER :

1. The present case is taken up through video conferencing.

2. The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondents to ascertain appropriate compensation of land as per the market value along with other amount as solatium etc. as the land of the petitioners appertaining to Khata Nos. 55 and 103, plot nos. 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 501/612 and 503 measuring an area of 0.79 acre, Mouza-Nawadih, Thana No. 292, District- Deoghar (hereinafter referred to as “the said land”) has been acquired in L.A. Case No. 54 of 2017-18 for construction of a Road Over Bridge (ROB) over the railway crossing between the Shankarpur-Jasidih Railway Station being level crossing no. 27/C/E.

3. The factual background of the case as stated in the writ petition is that the said land was recorded in the name of one Suwansh Lal. Jamabandi of the said land was also opened in his name and accordingly, he was regularly paying the rent thereof. After his death, the petitioners and other co-sharers came in possession of the said land and started paying rent of the same. Further, a notice was issued by the Assistant Engineer, Department of Road Construction, Deoghar (respond