HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 29105 of 2025 Court No. - 29 HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J. HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners; Sri Pranjal Mehrotra, learned counsel for respondent no.1-Union of India; Sri Dharmendra Singh, learned counsel for respondent no.2-National Highways Authority of India (in short "NHAI") and Sri Fuzail Ahmad Ansari, learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents. 2. The instant writ petition has been preferred for a direction to respondent no.3-District Magistrate/ Collector, Agra to decide the application filed by the petitioners under Section 64 of the Right to Fair compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (in short "Act, 2013") for determination before the Prescribed Authority and for a further direction to Prescribed Authority/ Addl. District Magistrate (Land Acquisition), Agra to decide the application of the petitioners preferred under Section 64 of the Act, 2013 within stipulated period. 3. Later on the amendment application filed by the petitioners was allowed vide order dated 04.09.2025 and a further prayer has been incorporated for a direction to respondent no.3-Collector, Agra to decide the application of the petitioners dated 01.09.2025 preferred under Section 3G (5) of the National Highways Act, 1956 (in short "Act, 1956") within stipulated period. . 4. After arguing the matter for some time, learned counsel for the petitioners has confined his prayer for a direction to respondent no.3 to decide the Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Dilip Kumar, Vineet Kumar Dubey Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Akanksha Gaur, C.S.C., Dharmendra Singh, Pranjal Mehrotra Bansal Developers Pvt Ltd And 2 Others .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) application of the petitioners dated 01.09.2025 within stipulated period. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances, we are not inclined to adjudicate the matter on merits. However, as the petitioners have invoked the statutory forum under the Act, 1956 and had approached the Arbitrator through the application dated 01.09.2025, we hope and trust that in case the said application is admissible in law, the same shall be considered and decided by the Arbitrator expeditiously in accordance with law. 6. With the aforesaid observations, the instant writ petition stands disposed of. September 8, 2025 Gaurav WRIC No. 29105 of 2025 2 (Amitabh Kumar Rai,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.) Digitally signed by :- GAURAV PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad