JUDGMENT :

The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondents to make payment of compensation for the land appertaining to Khata No. 136, Plot No. 432, measuring an area of 2 acres of Mauza Radhanagar, Thana No. 36/201, Halka No. 13, Circle-Chas, District-Bokaro (hereinafter referred to as “the said land”) which has been acquired for construction of Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants (POL) depot along with railway siding for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited at Radhanagar. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction upon the respondents to make payment of interest @ 15% from the date of acquisition and other consequential benefits accruing thereof. The petitioner has also prayed for issuance of direction upon the respondents to pay damages to the petitioners for illegal use and occupation of the said land.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the said land was settled in favour of the petitioner no. 1, who is a widow of about 60 years, under the Scheme of allotment of land to SC/ST & Backward Class, vide Settlement Case No. 18(XIII) of 1988-89. The petitioner no. 2 is the son of the petitioner no. 1. Jamabandi of the said