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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 30674 of 2025 Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
HON'BLE SUDHANSHU CHAUHAN, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and leaned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. The petitioner by means of the present writ petition have prayed for the following relief:-
"(i) Issue a writ of mandamus order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents not to disturbed peaceful possession of the petitioner over the Bhumidhari land having Araji No.70 having area 0.0170 Village Chintapur Tehsil Bara, District Prayagraj unless market rate compensation is provided for the construction and the land within specified period. (ii) Issue any other writ, order or direction as this Hon'ble Court, may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. iii) Award cost of the writ petition to the petitioner."
3. The grievance of the petitioner is that for the installation of a 765 KV high-tension transmission line from Mainpuri to Bara, District Allahabad, a notification dated 27th December, 2012, was issued by the respondent authorities. However, the name of the petitioner's village Chintapur, Tehsil Bara, District Prayagraj did not appear in the said notification. It is stated that due to some exigency, the transmission line had ultimately to be passed over the petitioner's house. In this regard, respondent no. 4 issued a letter dated 08.08.2025, assuring the petitioner that compensation would be paid if the high-tension line is passed over his house. However, despite this assurance and multiple representations made by the petitioner, no compensation has been paid by respondent no.2. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Lokesh Kumar Dwivedi, Rajneesh Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Varad Nath Smt Vanshika Mishra .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s)
4. Learned Senior Counsel, Sri Amit Saxena, assisted by Sri Varad Nath, appearing on behalf of the respondents, submits that the grievance of the petitioners may be considered by respondent no. 2. 5. Considering the submissions made above by the respective parties, the writ petition is disposed off permitting the petitioner to submit a detailed representation alongwith certified copy of this order raising all his grievances before the respondent no.2/ District Magistrate, Allahabad within a period of one month from today. 6.
In case, any such representation is filed by the petitioner, the respondent no.2/ District Magistrate, Allahabad shall consider and decide the same strictly in accordance with law within a period of two months thereafter, after giving due notice and opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. October 9, 2025 Virendra WRIC No. 30674 of 2025 2 (Sudhanshu Chauhan,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIRENDRA KUMAR BHARTEEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad