Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:22319 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4135 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ravishankar Sharma Respondent :- U.P. State Road Transport Corporation Head Quarter Thru. Managing Director And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Riyaz Ahmad Counsel for Respondent :- Ratnesh Chandra Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Sri Riyaz Ahmad, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ratnesh Chandra, learned counsel for the opposite parties. 2. At the outset Sri Chandra has drawn attention of this Court towards the letter dated 19.10.2019 addressed to the petitioner vide Regional Manager, UPSRTC, Regional Office, Lucknow enclosing therewith the copy of arbitral award dated 26.9.2019 whereby the claim of the petitioner has been rejected. The photocopy of the aforesaid letter and arbitral award is provided to the learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel has stated that the petitioner is not apprised about the aforesaid development, therefore, he could not assail the aforesaid arbitral award. He has requested that he may be permitted to not press this petition at this stage and liberty may be given to assail the arbitral award before the appropriate Court of law. 4. On that Sri Ratnesh Chandra has informed that since the copy of arbitral award has been provided to the petitioner vide letter dated 19.10.2019, therefore, about five years and six months period has passed since 19.10.2019 so the petitioner will have to explain the inordinate delay in challenging the aforesaid arbitral award. 5. Be that as it may, since the petitioner is willing to not press this petition at this stage seeking liberty to challenge the arbitral award dated 26.9.2019, therefore, without entering into the merits of the issue, I hereby dismissed this petition being not pressed at this stage. 6. It is needless to say that the petitioner may assail the arbitral award before the competent court of law, if the same is permissible. . [Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J.] Order Date :- 21.4.2025/Om Digitally signed by :- OM PRAKASH MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench