Smt. Omwati v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 36903 of 2023 Petitioner :- Smt. Omwati Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Viveka Nand Rai Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,A.S.G.I.,Paras Nath Rai Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State and Sri Paras Nath Rai, Senior Central Government Standing Counsel, representing the respondent nos. 3, 4 and 5.

¶2Grievance of the petitioner in the present writ petition is that disposal of Arbitration Case No. 158 of 2022 (Smt. Omwati Versus Project Director National Highway Authority and others) registered under section 3G(5) of the National Highway Act 1956 is being unnecessarily delayed by the District Magistrate, District Mathura, who has been notified as Arbitrator by the Central Government.

¶3The District Magistrate Mathura/Special Land Acquisition Officer Joint Organization Mathura i.e. respondent no. 2 is directed to decide the aforesaid Arbitration Case No. 158 of 2022, if still pending, expeditiously without granting any unnecessary adjournments to the parties, in case, there is no legal impediment in deciding the aforesaid case.

¶4It is clarified that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the claim made by the petitioner.

¶5With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 2.11.2023 Mukesh Kr. (Donadi Ramesh,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad