HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 6384 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners. Notice on behalf of the respondent no.1 has been accepted by the office of the Chief Standing Counsel and notice on behalf of the respondent no.4 has been accepted by the office of the Deputy Solicitor General of India. Shri Abhishek Pathak, learned counsel has put on behalf of the respondent no.5 and has filed his Vakalatnama which is taken on record. 2. In view of the order proposed to be passed by this Court, notices to the private respondents no.6 to 20 are dispensed with. 3. The petitioners have approached this Court with the limited prayer that a petition preferred under Section 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act 1996 bearing Case No.201 of 2023, pending before the District Judge, Sultanpur be expedite. 4. Learned counsel for the State as well as National Highway Authority and the Union of India do not oppose the aforesaid. 5. In view thereof, without entering into the merits, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the District Judge, Sultanpur to consider and decide the pending petition under section 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 Civil Miscellaneous Case No.201 of 2023 as expeditiously as possible after affording full opportunity of Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rayees Ahmad Khan, Sateesh Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., A.S.G.I., Sarvesh Kumar Dubey Savitri Devi And Another .....Petitioner(s) Arbitrator/Collector District Sultanpur And 19 Others .....Respondent(s) hearing to the parties but without granting any unnecessary adjournment. October 31, 2025 ank A227 No. 6384 of 2025 2 (Jaspreet Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ALI NEWAZ KHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench