CA 6351/2024 2024 INSC 415 Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No 6351 of 2024 (Arising out of SLP (C) No 10492 of 2023) Dharnidhar Mishra (D) and Another Appellants Versus State of Bihar and Others Respondents O R D E R 1 Application for substitution to bring on record the legal heirs of the first petitioner is allowed. Cause title be amended accordingly. 2 Leave granted. 3 This appeal arises from a order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Patna dated 7 February 2023 in the Letters Patent Appeal No 997 of 2019 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No 8408 of 2019 by which the Division Bench of the High Court disposed of the Letters Patent Appeal by asking the appellant herein to file an appropriate application before the concerned authority for disbursement of the value of the land assessed at Rs 4,68,099. 1CA 6351/2024 4 The facts giving rise to this appeal may be summarized as under: In the year 1976, a notification under Section 4 of