Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:18995-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 801 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt Gulaba Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Surya Prakash Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Paras Nath Rai Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Anish Kumar Gupta,J. 1. The instant petition has been filed praying for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to pay compensation to the petitioner in respect of Gata no.153, Village- Bhakrahi, Tappa- Dubaulia, Pargana- Amodha, District- Basti on basis of the acquisition notification dated 20.09.2022 (wrongly mentioned as 29.09.2022 in the prayer clause). 2. The case of the petitioner is that his aforesaid land was acquired by the respondents under the provisions of National Highways Act, 1956. The preliminary notification was made on 20.09.2022 followed by notification under Section 3-D dated 09.03.2023 and an award dated 24.01.2024 but no compensation has been released in favour of the petitioners so far. 3. Shri P.N. Rai, learned counsel for respondent no.3 has placed on record the written instructions received from the said respondent. He submits that the award was made on 24.01.2024 and the entire compensation amount has been deposited with the competent authority. Thus, according to him, the disbursal of compensation is now to be done by the competent authority. 4. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State submits that as compensation amount has been deposited, the petitioner may approach the competent authority for release of the compensation amount. 5. The petition is disposed of accordingly with aforesaid liberty. (Anish Kumar Gupta. J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 10.2.2025 Ankit. Digitally signed by :- ANKIT VISHWAKARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad