Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:62216 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 4094 of 2025 Petitioner :- Affinity Agro Farms Pvt. Ltd. Respondent :- Competent Authority District Land Acquisition Officer And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Kamlesh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. It is contended that the land of the petitioner was acquired for construction of national highway by National Highways Authority of India. An award was made on 30.03.2022. An application was moved before the competent authority for releasing the amount. The matter was referred under Section 3H(4) of the National Highways Act, 1956 and the case was registered as Case No.1 of 2024 which is pending consideration before learned District and Sessions Judge, Rampur. The sole prayer made in the writ petition is for expeditious disposal of the said case. As no useful purpose would be served in keeping the matter pending, or calling for counter affidavit or issuing notice to the private respondents, the matter is being disposed of, at the admission stage, requesting District and Sessions Judge, Rampur to decide the Case No.1 of 2024, after hearing all the concerned parties, strictly in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the aforesaid direction, present writ petition stands disposed of. It is made clear that this Court has not adjudicated the case on merit. Order Date :- 24.4.2025 SK Goswami Digitally signed by :- SHIVAKANT GOSWAMI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad