HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 10730 of 2025 Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. 1. Instructions filed today in the Court by the State is taken on record. 2. Ms. Samidha and Mr. Abhishek Pathak, Advocates have filed Vakalatnama on behalf of respondent No.5- NHAI, which is taken on record. 3. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 4. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the writ petitioner has prayed for the following substantial relief(s): "i. Kindly issue a writ in the nature of mandamus with appropriate directions to respondent no. 2, 3 & 4 as regards to issue direction to release compensation for the petitioner's land which has been acquired by respondents, as being narrated through this petition." 5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the NHAI has submitted that the payment of the entire award has been made to the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Hardoi being respondent No.3 herein. 6. There does appear to be some confusion as to whether the said land was used for the project or not. However, since there has been no exclusion of the land of the petitioner from the said notification, we do Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Munendra Pratap Singh, Abhishek Shukla, Amit Sachan Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Sarvesh Kumar Dubey Putaan Singh .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Revenue Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) not see any reason as to why the compensation should not be paid to the petitioner. 7. In light of the same, the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Hardoi is directed to make payment of the compensation/award as applicable to the petitioner within a period of 12 weeks from date. 8. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. November 21, 2025 Ashutosh WRIC No. 10730 of 2025 2 (Manjive Shukla,J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench