Yogesh Kumar v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 31473 of 2023 Petitioner :- Yogesh Kumar Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Manu Khare Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J.

¶1The prayer made in the instant petition is for a direction to competent authority to calculate accrued interest on the compensation amount till date and invest the said amount in fixed deposit, so that when the issue relating to title is decided between the parties, the actual claimant gets interest on the compensation amount.

¶2The aforesaid prayer has been rejected by Special Land Acquisition Officer (Joint Organization), Saharanpur by impugned order observing that there is no such provision under the Right to Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and the National Highways Act, 1956.

¶3The N.H.A.I. nor the rival claimant has been impleaded as party to the instant petition. The petition is therefore, dismissed with liberty to file fresh petition after impleading all necessary parties. (Donadi Ramesh, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 6.11.2023 Noman High Court of Judicature at Allahabad