JUDGMENT :

The present case is taken up through video conferencing.

2. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order dated 24.07.2019 (Annexure-3 to the writ petition) passed by the Circle Officer, Khunti (the respondent no. 7) in Misc. Case No. 03 of 2018-19 by which the settlement made in favour of the petitioner’s father has been declared to be illegal and consequently the claim of the petitioner for rectification of the area mentioned in the recent receipts issued by the Circle Officer has been rejected. Further prayer has been made for restraining the respondents from raising any construction over the petitioner’s land or alternatively to pay appropriate compensation to him under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (in short, “the Act, 2013”) in lieu of the land being put in use by the respondents.

3. The factual background of the case as stated in the writ petition is that the ex-landlord namely Kashinath Ram had settled the land appertaining to Khata No. 39, plot no. 35 measuring area of 2.43 acres, plot no. 29 measuring area of 5.16 acres, plot no. 30 measuring area of 0.21 acre and pl