Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:66347 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 4243 of 2025 Petitioner :- Bhagwati Prasad Respondent :- National Highway Authority Of India Through Its Project Director And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Prabhu Narain Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mahendra Pratap,Paras Nath Rai Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. 1. The land of petitioners was acquired by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for road widening. An award was made on 17.09.2018. Against the said award, an application under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter called as 'the Act of 1996') was moved before District Judge, Mirzapur which was registered as Arbitration Case No. 131 of 2021. 2. The sole prayer made in the writ petition is for expeditious disposal of the Arbitration Case No. 131 of 2021. Section 34(6) of the Act of 1996 provides for period for deciding the application under Section 34 of the Act of 1996. 3. As no useful purpose would be served in keeping the matter pending or calling for counter affidavit or issuing notice to private respondents, the Additional District Judge, Court No. 3, Mirzapur is hereby directed to proceed with Arbitration Case No. 131 of 2021 and comply the provisions of Section 34(6) of the Act of 1996. 4. With the aforesaid observations, writ petition stands disposed of. 5. It is made clear that this Court has not adjudicated the matter on merits. Order Date :- 29.4.2025 V.S.Singh Digitally signed by :- VIDYA SAGAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad