GANESH JHA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal relates to certain land acquisition proceedings started as early as 1963 to fulfil an urgent need, namely to rehabilitate a large number of persons who were rendered landless and homeless by the Ganga floods in Bihar. These land acquisition proceedings were challenged without success by a writ petition before the Patna High Court. The undaunted appellants have come up before this Court on the basis of a certificate granted by the Patna High Court under Arts. 133 (1) (a) and 132 of the Constitution of India.

(2.) The main ground of attack before the High Court was based on allegations of mala fides. The learned Judges went into the material at length and concluded: