Mohd. Shahjade and 3 Others v. Commissioner Prayagraj and 2 Others

Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 41287 of 2023 Petitioner :- Mohd. Shahjade And 3 Others Respondent :- Commissioner Prayagraj And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rahul Mishra,Ashish Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sanjay Kumar Singh Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,Acting Chief Justice Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J.

¶1On oral prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners, he is permitted to correct the description of respondent no. 1 in the cause title.

¶2Sole prayer made in the instant petition is for a direction to the Arbitrator (respondent no. 1) to decide Arbitration Case No. 407/2023, under Section 3-G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956 within a specified time frame.

¶3Counsel for respondent no. 3 and the State Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent nos. 1 and 2, have no objection to the said prayer.

¶4Accordingly, the petition is disposed of with direction to respondent no. 1 to decide the arbitration case expeditiously, preferably within a period of twelve weeks from the date of communication of the instant order. (Donadi Ramesh, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, A.C.J.) Order Date :- 1.12.2023 Jaideep/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad