PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 2365 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:19707-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2365 of 2024 Petitioner :- Khem Chand and another Respondent :- State of U.P. and 5 others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anil Kumar Dubey,Prabha Shanker Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- Seema Agarwal. S.C., Pranjal Mehrotra Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J. 1. This petition purportedly in public interest has been filed by the petitioners seeking a direction to the respondents authorities to recover the amount of compensation of the land which has been received by unauthorized persons, who had purchased the land after notification issued under Section 3-A of the National Highways Authority Act, 1956 ('the Act'). 2. Submission has been made that after issuance of notification, land was purchased by certain unauthorized persons in violation of provisions of the Act and thereafter, compensation has been received by them and after holding of arbitral proceedings, the enhanced compensation was also received by them and therefore, the respondents be directed to recover the amount from them and pay the same to the farmers. 3. A perusal of the entire reco