WRIT - C No. 18842 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 18842 of 2026 Hari Singh .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India And 8 Other .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pradyumna Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C. Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J. HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J. 1. Heard Sri Pradyumna Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Ambrish Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents. 2. The petitioner has preferred this writ petition for the following relief :- "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in nature of mandamus directing to respondent no.2 Additional Commissioner (Arbitration) Agra Division Agra to decide the case No. RST/1054/2025 (Computerized Case No. C20250100001054) (Hari Singh V/S NHAI and others) under section 3G (5) National Highway Act 1956, filed by petitioner, with in stipulated time fixed by this Hon'ble court. Otherwise the petitioner shall suffer irreparable loss and injury." 3. At the outset, Sri Ambrish Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents has raised an objection qua the maintainability of the instant writ petition on the premise