Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:56687-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 11479 of 2025 Petitioner :- Kuvare Respondent :- Union Of India And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pawnesh Tiwari,Somesh Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Pranjal Mehrotra Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Anish Kumar Gupta,J. 1. The sole prayer made in the instant petition is for a direction to the respondents to pay compensation to the petitioner in respect of acquired land comprising of Araji No. 583 measuring 0.6256 hectare wherein the share of the petitioner is stated to be 1/3. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner places reliance on an order dated 21.08.2024 passed in Writ-C No. 18945 of 2024 in submitting that in similar facts and circumstances, the Court after recording the fact that NHAI has already deposited compensation with the Competent Authority, has disposed of the petition leaving it open to the petitioners to approach the Competent Authority for withdrawal of the compensation amount. It is submitted that similar leave may be granted to the petitioner. 3. Brief holder of Shri Swetashwa Agarwal appearing for NHAI submits that the entire amount is in deposit with the Competent Authority and it is open for the petitioner to approach the Competent Authority for withdrawal of the compensation amount. 4. Accordingly, we dispose of the instant petition with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Competent Authority with prayer for withdrawal of the amount and in which event, the Competent Authority will take appropriate decision within four weeks from the date of receipt of representation. 5. The order has been passed in presence of Shri Vaibhav Tripathi, learned counsel for respondent No. 1. Order Date :- 17.4.2025 Mukesh Kr. (Anish Kumar Gupta,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- MUKESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad