Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:105657-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 20850 of 2025 Petitioner :- Piyush And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 7 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sachin Kanaujiya,Shivam Kanojiya Counsel for Respondent :- Anjali Upadhya,C.S.C. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Vinod Diwakar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Ms. Anjali Upadhyay, learned counsel for respondent no.2; Shri Suresh Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for the State, and perused the record. 2. The instant writ petition has been preferred for a direction commanding the respondent no.2 not to pay compensation in favour of private respondent no.5 till disposal of representation filed by the petitioners before respondent no.2. It is further prayed to command the respondent no.2 to decide the representation dated 09.11.2023 moved by the petitioners within stipulated period. 3. The record in question reflects that there is a dispute of apportionment between the private parties, and a notice is issued by the Collector, Gautam Budh Nagar, to the petitioner on 21.04.2023 asking him to place on record the documents pertaining to his claim, which has not been responded to by the petitioners. 4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and having perused the records, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, insofar as it is the admitted position that notice dated 21.04.2023 has not been replied to by the petitioners. The writ petition is disposed of with the observation that the petitioners shall respond to the said notice before the Competent Authority. In case such a response is filed, we hope and trust that the same may be dealt with and decided by the competent authority, strictly in accordance with law. Order Date :- 7.7.2025 A. Pandey Digitally signed by :- ANAND PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad