BIMAL CHANDRA SEN Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned counsel for the respective parties.

(2.) In the present writ petition, the essential contention raised by the learned senior counsel for the petitioner is that although the land was acquired for the purported reasons for making a road Lay-Bye as noted hereinabove, part of the land had used by the village panchayat to construct shop rooms thereof. In response to such contention raised by the learned senior counsel for the petitioner, a counter affidavit has come to be filed by the State. Paragraph 10 of the counter affidavit is quoted as under:

(3.) Apart from the above, the learned Government Advocate drew our attention to a further notification issued by the Government of Tripura dtd. 21/11/2017 in which it indicates that substantial money has already been allocated for widening of various State Highways including the highway in question along which the acquired land also figures.