DILIP KUMAR GUPTA AND ANOTHERversusNATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA AND 2 OTHERS

         HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                           WRIT - C No. - 37690 of 2026

Dilip Kumar Gupta And Another
                                                                      .....Petitioner(s)
                                        Versus

National Highway Authority Of India And 2 Others
                                                                    .....Respondent(s)

Counsel for Petitioner(s)           : Purushottam Mani Tripathi, Shashvat
                                      Gupta
Counsel for Respondent(s)           : Anurag Yadav, C.S.C.

Court No. - 29
                   HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J.
                   HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Shri Ambrish Shukla, learned
Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondent No. 2, and Shri
Anurag Yadav, learned counsel appearing for respondent No. 1.


2. The instant writ petition has been filed praying for the following relief:

     "i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the
     impugned order dated 08.07.2026 passed in L.A.R. No. 07 of 2025, Vitula
     Devi Vs. Dilip Kumar Gupta & Ors., by the Additional District Judge,
     Court No. 6, Varanasi;

     ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus
     commanding the respondent authority not to disburse compensation to the
     private respondent until determination of the title of the land and
     superstructures in the pending civil suits;

     iii) Issue any suitable writ, order or direction in addition to and in
     supplement to refer to above, as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and
     proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

     iv) Award the cost of the writ petition to the Petitioners."


3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the instant writ petition
may be dismissed as not pressed with liberty to file a fresh writ petition.

4. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the
aforesaid liberty.

5. The certified copy of the impugned order shall be returned to learned
counsel for the petitioners, if an application is filed before the Registry,
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                                    after retaining its photostat copy on record.



                                                               (Kunal Ravi Singh,J.) (Siddhartha Varma,J.)
                                    September 18, 2026
                                    Mukesh Kr.




Digitally signed by :-
MUKESH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad