CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER

2 03-02-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

2. The petitioners in paragraph no. 1 of the present writ petition have sought, inter alia, following relief(s), which is reproduced hereinafter:-

“(I) Issuance of Writ or Writs in the nature of certiorari quashing the Award Notice dated 17-18.07.2025, which is prepared without submission or availability of the mandatory Report for determination of nature and category of land under section 37(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and in conflict with the direction issued in this context by the Government of Bihar which is prepared in haste even when the District Land Valuation Committee was constituted on 19.05.2025 (II) Issuance of Writ or Writs in the nature of mandamus commanding the Respondents to act upon the Order of Government of Bihar dated 22.04.2025 and only after assessment of the nature and category of the land in terms of action, vide Order dated 19.05.2025, as directed by the Respondent District Magistrate -cum-Collector to take