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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:137059-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 27077 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mohit Sharma Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Other Counsel for Petitioner :- Dwijendra Prasad,Pradyumna Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Pranjal Mehrotra Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Vinod Diwakar,J.
1. Heard Shri Dwijendra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Pranjal Mehrotra, learned counsel for the NHAI and Shri Devesh Vikram, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.
2. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has sought for a suitable direction to the competent authority to decide the petitioner's representation dated 23.2.2025, within stipulated time.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the representation pertains to matters affecting the petitioner's legal rights and interests, and that the authority is under a statutory as well as constitutional obligation to consider and decide such representation within a stipulated time. He further submits that the inaction on the part of the respondent amounts to denial of fair administrative consideration.
4. Learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents and learned counsel appearing for NHAI do not dispute the pendency of the representation. However, they submit that the same shall be considered in accordance with law.
5. Having regard to the nature of the relief sought, and considering
that the prayer is confined to expeditious disposal of the pending representation dated 23.2.2025, this Court finds it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition without entering into the merits of the case.
6. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to decide the petitioner's representation dated 23.2.2025, strictly in accordance with law, after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and all other concerned parties, expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order before the said authority. Order Date :- 12.8.2025 A. Tripathi Digitally signed by :- AKHILESH TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad