Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:84479 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5213 of 2025 Petitioner :- Akhilesh Kumar Katiyar Respondent :- National Highway Authority Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Santosh Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Pranjal Mehrotra Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. 1. The land of petitioner was acquired for road widening. An award was made by the Arbitrator under Section 3G(5) of National Highways Act. An application under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act has been filed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) before District Judge, Kanpur Nagar, which has been registered as Arbitration Case No. 33 of 2022, which is pending consideration. The sole prayer made in the writ petition is for expeditious disposal of the Arbitration Case No. 33 of 2022. 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 or issuing notice to private respondents, the Additional District Judge, Court No. 1, Kanpur Nagar is hereby directed to proceed with Arbitration Case No. 33 of 2022 (NHAI vs. Additional Commissioner Kanpur Nagar & Ors.) 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. 6. Sri S.K.Singh, Advocate is present for respondent No.1-NHAI. Order Date :- 20.5.2025 Kushal Digitally signed by :- KUSHAL AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad