HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 10342 of 2025 Court No. - 5 HON'BLE ALOK MATHUR, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Vinod Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Standing Counsel for respondent nos. 1 to 3. Sri Ankit Singh, Advocate has filed vakalatnama on behalf of respondent no. 4, same is taken on record. 2. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that land at Gata No. 144Ka, area 0.3790 hectares, situated at Village - Dobhiyara, Pargana - Isauli, Tehsil - Baldirai, District - Sultanpur was purchased by the mother of the petitioner nos. 2 to 4 namely Shanti Devi by means of registered sale deed dated 16.07.2004, from Radhey Shyam. Subsequently, name of petitioners was mutated in the revenue records. 3. It is next submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the said land was acquired by the State Government and notification for the same was issued on 03.08.2018. In the said notification name of petitioners was not mentioned because were not updated in the revenue records and accordingly, objections were filed by the petitioners with regard to payment of compensation for the aforesaid acquisition. 4. It is further submitted that according to the National Highway Authority of India, the dispute was raised before the District Magistrate as per provisions of Section 3H(4) of the National Highway Authority Act, who has referred the matter to the District Judge for adjudication and Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vinod Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Sarvesh Kumar Dubey Ram Narayan And 5 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Lko And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) presently the dispute is pending before the District Judge, Sultanpur. In the aforesaid circumstances, present writ petition has been filed seeking direction to the respondents to pay compensation of the aforesaid land to the petitioners. 5. Learned counsel for the respondents on the other hand have submitted that the entire amount of compensation has already been deposited with the Chief Revenue Officer, Sultanpur and the same shall be disbursed on conclusion of proceedings of reference where aportionment of the amount will be determined in the said proceedings. 6. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that grievance of petitioners shall be substantially redressed in case District Judge, Sultanpur is directed to conclude the reference proceedings expeditiously. 7. Learned counsel for the respondents have no objection to the above limited prayer made by the petitioners. 8. In the light of above, with the consent of the parties, present writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to move appropriate application for expediting the proceedings of reference before the District Judge, Sultanpur within next two weeks. In case any such application is made by the petitioners, the District Judge, Sultanpur shall proceed to decide expedite application preferred by the petitioners and in case any ground for urgency is made out, he shall proceed accordingly, subject to cooperation by the petitioners. November 6, 2025 A. Verma WRIC No. 10342 of 2025 2 (Prashant Kumar,J.) (Alok Mathur,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench