Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:72770 Court No. - 9 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 13946 of 2025 Petitioner :- Umesh Kumar And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Prajjwal Tyagi,Sanjeev Kumar Tyagi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Tejasvi Misra Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Tejasvi Misra, learned counsel for respondent no.4. This writ petition has been filed with the following prayers:- "i) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, commanding the Prescribed Authority (Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Tribunal, Gautam Budh Nagar) to decide Reference Case R.A. no. 247 of 2024 (Umesh Kumar Versus State of U.P.) and Reference Case R.A. no. 254 of 2024 (Mukesh Kumar and Another Versus State of U.P.). ii) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, commanding the respondent authority to pay compensation to the petitioners of the land area 0.07987 Hectare, additionally taken by the respondent authorities without acquiring the same." It is contended that the award was made in the yer 2012 and the reference was sent in the year 2022 which has been registered as R.A. No.247 of 2024. The sole prayer made in the writ petition is for expeditious disposal of the same. As no useful purpose would be served in keeping the matter pending, or calling for counter affidavit, the matter is being disposed of, at the admission stage, with a direction upon Prescribed Authority (Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Tribunal, Gautam Budh Nagar) to decide the Reference Case R.A. no. 247 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 :- 6.5.2025 SK Goswami Digitally signed by :- SHIVAKANT GOSWAMI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad