of the appellant that State did not even pass any award of compensation and kept the matter in limbo. 6 Years passed by and the appellant kept on requesting the authorities to pass an appropriate award and pay the amount towards compensation. 7 As the respondents did not pay heed to the say of the appellant, he was left with no other option but to file a writ petition in the High Court of Patna. The writ petition was heard by a learned Single Judge and by order dated 19 July 2019 rejected the same only on the count that the petition had been filed after a period of forty-two years of the acquisition. While dismissing the writ petition, the learned Single Judge also observed that the appellant had failed to submit any paper or notification in connection with acquisition of his land 2CA 6351/2024 for the purpose of payment of compensation. 8 Being dissatisfied with the order passed by the learned Single Judge rejecting his writ petition, the appellant went in appeal. The appeal came to