Mewa Lal and 8 Others v. Additional District Magistrate (Land Acquisition) and 2 Others

Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 25041 of 2023 Petitioner :- Mewa Lal And 8 Others Respondent :- Additional District Magistrate (Land Acquisition) And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Laxmi Kant Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sanjay Kumar Om,Suresh Singh,Vimlesh Kumar Rai Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J.

¶1Heard counsel for the petitioners, Sri Rajeev Gupta, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents and Sri Suresh Singh for respondents no.3 and 4.

¶2The instant petition has been filed praying for a writ of mandamus commanding respondent no.3 to deposit compensation amount alongwith other statutory benefits and interest before respondent no.1 in terms of award dated 30.04.2022 passed by him.

¶3There is award dated 30.04.2022 under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in favour of the petitioners. The petitioners have not been paid the amount determined under the said award as compensation amount.

¶4The Chief Secretary, U.P. Govt. has filed his personal affidavit and has stated that the acquisition proceedings are old one and allotment of fund may take some time. He has prayed for six months time for payment of the compensation amount to the petitioners.

¶5We are of the opinion that time prayed for is too much and payment should be made within three months. Accordingly, we grant three months time to the respondents to make payment to the petitioners.

¶6The writ petition is disposed of with direction to the State to make payment of the compensation amount alongwith interest etc. as awarded by order of A.D.M., Land Acquisition, Kanpur Nagar dated 30.04.2022 to the petitioners within three months from today. (Donadi Ramesh, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 6.11.2023 SL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad