Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:21016-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 3523 of 2025 Petitioner :- Rajendra Kumar Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Petroleum And Natural Gas New Delhi And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gyanendra Pathak,Adarsh Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Manish Jauhari Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. 1. Heard. 2. The petitioner has been issued a Letter of Intent by the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. subject to submission of 'No Objection Certificate' (NOC) from the concerned including the Forest Department of Uttar Pradesh. His grievance is that the Forest Department has not yet issued any such NOC nor denied it. Petitioner's Counsel relies upon certain documents annexed with the petition in this regard. 3. We dispose of this petition with the direction to the opposite parties no. 3 or 4, whosoever may be competent in this regard, to consider issuance of ‘NOC’ as applied by the petitioner and whatever decision is to be taken should be communicated to the opposite party no.2 and the petitioner but with expedition, say, within fifteen days, unless there is any legal impediment, in which case the same shall be informed to the said parties in this regard. (Om Prakash Shukla, J.) (Rajan Roy, J.) Order Date :- 15.4.2025 Ajit Digitally signed by :- AJIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench