1 2025:CGHC:38722 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 3138 of 2020 1 - Ghurau Ram S/o Late Shri Baharta Aged About 59 Years R/o Village Madanpur (Rajkamma), P.S. And Tahsil Pali, District Korba Chhattisgarh., District : Korba, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Revenue And Disaster Management Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur, Raipur Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - Collector, Korba, District Korba Chhattisgarh, District : Korba, Chhattisgarh 3 - Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue)/ Land Acquisition Officer, Katghora, District Korba Chhattisgarh, District : Korba, Chhattisgarh 4 - National Highway Authority Of India Through Chairman National Highway Authority G- 5 And 6, Sector 10, Dwarika, New Delhi., District : New Delhi, Delhi 5 - Tulsi Ram, S/o Late Gulali Aged About 55 Years R/o Village Madanpur (Rajkamma), P.S. And Tahsil Pali, District Korba Chhattisgarh, District : Korba, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Shri Ravindra Sharma, Advocate For State/Respondents No.1 to 3 : Ms. Shailja Shukla, Dy. Government Advocate For Respondent No.4 : Shri Dhiraj Kumar Wankhede, Advocate For Respondent No.5 : Shri Chandrikaditya Pandey, Advocate on behalf of Shri Anuraj Bajpai, Advocate Digitally signed by GOPAL SINGH Date: 2025.08.06 18:37:28 +0530 2 Hon’ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 05/08/2025 1. Learned counsel for respondent No.4 would submit that award has already been passed and the remedy available to the petitioner is to approach competent authority for land acquisition as per Section 3H(4) of the National Highways Act, 1956. 2. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner would seek permission of this Court to withdraw this petition with liberty to approach appropriate authority and he would pray that a direction may be issued to the concerned authority to decide application of the petitioner expeditiously in accordance with law. 3. If the petitioner prefers an application within a period of 30 days along with an application for grant of stay, the respondent/competent authority for land acquisition is directed to decide the application for grant of stay within further period of 30 days and for period of 60 days, interim order granted by this Court on 17.12.2020 shall remain in force. The authority concerned shall act strictly in accordance with law under Section 3H(4) of the National Highways Act, 1956. 3 4. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) JUDGE Gopal