UKHC010110012026 2026:UHC:5155 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPMS/1951/2026 Chandram Rajguru --Petitioner Versus National Highway Authority Of India --Respondent Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Mr. Rajat Mittal, Advocate for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Naresh Pant, Advocate for NHAI/respondent no. 2. 3. Mr. Devendra Pant, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand/respondent nos. 3 & 4. 4. Petitioner claims to be bhumidhar of a piece of land situate in Village Sherpur, Tehsil Vikasnagar, District Dehradun, as his name is recorded as tenure holder in revenue records. The said land was acquired by National Highway Authority of India for construction of National Highway. 5. Since compensation was not being released, therefore, petitioner filed Writ Petition (M/S) No. 485/2025, which was disposed of with a direction to the Competent Authority under Land Acquisition Act to decide the application filed by the petitioner within three weeks. UKHC010110012026 2026:UHC:5155 6. The Competent Authority, Land Acquisition has passed an order dated 07.05.2025 on petitioner’s application. Petitioner is challenging the said order in this writ petition. In the order impugned, the Competent Authority, Land Acquisition has referred to Suit No. 19/2010-11 filed under Section 229-B of Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act by one Sri Gopal, S/o Sri Ravi Dutt in which he has claimed declaration of his title over the land in question and has held that compensation would be paid only upon decision on the said suit. 7. The view taken by Competent Authority, Land Acquisition cannot be faulted, as petitioner’s claim regarding title is under cloud, which is to be decided in the pending suit. If the compensation is released in favour of the petitioner pending consideration of the suit, then if the plaintiff in that suit ultimately succeeds, then also he will not get anything. Therefore, this Court do not find any reason to interfere with the impugned order. 8. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with liberty to petitioner to seek expeditious hearing of the pending suit at this stage. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 30.06.2026 Navin NAVEEN CHANDRA Digitally signed by NAVEEN CHANDRA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3be23325146e76a0642bdf4943fb9046f487df006da82a131bb4e4403d3c0a15, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=18167EEFB5CA8CFFD421A103819DA875643AF56D653D095C6ED9A86DAAB21CE5, cn=NAVEEN CHANDRA Date: 2026.07.01 10:48:12 +05'30'