Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:27474 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 1986 of 2025 Petitioner :- Bankey Bihari And 2 Others Respondent :- Project Manager, National Highways Authority Of India And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Virendra Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- Mahendra Pratap Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. 1. The land of the petitioners were acquired by National Highway Authority of India. An award under Section 3G(5) of National Highways Act was made by the Collector on 09.09.2021. The petitioners have filed an application under Section 34 of Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter called as "Act of 1996") before the District Judge, Ghazipur, which was registered as Arbitration Application No.323 of 2021, which is pending consideration. 2. The sole prayer made in the writ petition is for expeditious disposal of the proceedings under Section 34 of the Act of 1996. 3. Section 34(6) of Act of 1996 provides as under : "An application under this section shall be disposed of expeditiously, and in any event, within a period of one year from the date on which the notice referred to in sub-section (5) is served upon the other party." 4. As the Act of 1996 itself provides for the period of deciding application under Section 34 of Act of 1996, the District Judge, Ghazipur, is hereby requested to proceed with the matter and comply the provisions of Section 34(6) of Act of 1996. 5. Writ petition stands disposed of. 6. Sri Devendra Kumar, Advocate, is present for respondent No.1. Order Date :- 27.2.2025 Kushal Digitally signed by :- KUSHAL AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad