Munni Lal v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 34958 of 2023 Petitioner :- Munni Lal Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Jitendra Singh,Antim Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J.

¶1Heard counsel for the petitioner, Sri Rajeev Gupta, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents and Sri Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal for respondent no.3.

¶2The instant petition has been filed praying for a direction to respondent no.2 to decide the application of the petitioner dated

2.06.2023 and pay correct amount as compensation to them.

¶3Counsel for the petitioner states that the land of the petitioner was acquired under the provisions of the National Highways Act, 1956. However, the petitioner has not been paid proper compensation.

¶4The petitioner has not annexed copy of the award, if any, alongwith the writ petition.

¶5The National Highways Act, 1956 is a complete code in itself. In case a person is aggrieved by the award, he has remedy of challenging the same in the manner provided under sub-section (5) of Section 3-G of the Act. It is open to the petitioner to avail the remedy provided under the Act.

¶6No case is made out to entertain the prayer in exercise of writ jurisdiction. The petition is disposed of accordingly. (Donadi Ramesh, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 19.10.2023 SL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad