WRIT - C No. 36698 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 36698 of 2025 Yogendra Gautam And 16 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus National Highway Authority Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Dushyant Singh, M.C. Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Akanksha Gaur, C.S.C. Court No. - 29 HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J. HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J. 1.Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Shri Devesh Vikram, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondent no.3, Ms. Akanksha Gaur, learned counsel for the respondent Nos.1 & 2 and perused the material brought on the record. 2. The case of the petitioners is that their land was acquired by the NHAI under the provisions of National Highways Act, 1956 and an award was also made on 29.09.2016. The petitioners have received compensation but the rehabilitation and resettlement award has not been made as per the Second Schedule to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. It has, therefore, been prayed that the respondents be directed to make rehabilitation and resettlement award as per provisions of the Act, 2013. 3. Learned