Malti v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 31265 of 2018 Petitioner :- Malti Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arun Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Rajesh Kumar Singh,Saurabh Srivastava Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,Acting Chief Justice Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J. The prayer made in the instant writ petition is for a direction to the respondents to pay compensation to the petitioner for Gata Nos. 899, 900, 901 & 905 to the extent of 1/5th share of the petitioner herein. The petitioner alleges that the aforesaid land was acquired and compensation amount was also determined but it was deposited with the District Judge, Kanpur. Her brothers have already received their shares, however, the petitioner has not been paid her share of compensation. Sri Rajiv Gupta, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, on instruction, states that the compensation amount is in deposit with the District Judge, Kanpur and it is open to the petitioner to move to the District Judge for withdrawal of the amount. Having regard to the statement made by learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, we dispose of the instant writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to approach the District Judge, Kanpur for withdrawal of the compensation amount in respect of her share along with a copy of the instant order. In case any such application is filed, it will be considered and decided by the concerned officer within next four weeks without being influenced by any observation made in the instant order. (Donadi Ramesh,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,ACJ.) Order Date :- 5.12.2023 SK High Court of Judicature at Allahabad