Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:82225 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5088 of 2025 Petitioner :- Bahadur And 3 Others Respondent :- National Highway Authority Of India And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Prabhu Narain Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- Mahendra Pratap Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. 1. The land of petitioner was acquired by National Highways Authority of India. An award was made by Arbitrator under Section 3G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956 on 17.09.2018. Against the award made by Arbitrator, a petition under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 was filed which has been registered as Arbitration Case No. 46 of 2020. The sole prayer made in the writ petition is for expeditious disposal of the Arbitration Case No. 46 of 2020. 2. 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, the Additional District Judge, Court No. 1, Mirzapur is hereby directed to proceed with Arbitration Case No. 46 of 2020 and decide the same complying 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. 6. Sri Anurag Yadav, Advocate, is present for respondent no. 1. Order Date :- 17.5.2025 V.S.Singh Digitally signed by :- VIDYA SAGAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad