2. The issue involved in this writ petition is whether the benefit
of rehabilitation and resettlement under the provisions of Right to
Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (for brevity ‘the Act’) is
applicable to the land oustee for acquisition of land under the
National Highways Act, 1956.
3. Mr. Sarangi, learned counsel for the Petitioner, in support of
his submission drew attention of this Court to the order dated 24th
April, 2024 passed in WRIT-C No.13489 of 2024 (Neutral
Citation No.2024:AHC:72392-DB) (Rampal Singh and 12 others
Vrs. National Highway Authority of India and 2 others), in which
it is held as under: