Project Director v. Machineni Venkata Lakshmi

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Andhra Pradesh High Court at Amaravati (Special Original Jurisdiction), C.R.P.No.467 of 2026, decided 20.02.2026 (coram: Ravi Nath Tilhari J, author; Balaji Medamalli J). NHAI Project Director challenged the attachment order dated 26.11.2025 in E.P.No.781 of 2021 (execution of enhanced land-acquisition compensation award dated 29.06.2019) while his stay application in the Section 34 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 proceedings (A.O.P.No.21 of 2025, XI ADJ Gudivada) had pendd since 2022. Key propositions: under Section 36(2) an award is executable unless stayed; a filed stay application must be decided expeditiously; execution stayed till decision of the stay application, subject to deposit of one-third of the amount under execution within two weeks; direction to XI ADJ Gudivada to dispose of the stay application within four weeks. Statutes: Section 115 and Section 151 CPC; Article 227 Constitution of India; Section 3-G(5) National Highways Act, 1956; Sections 34, 34(3) and 36(2) Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Search themes: award execution over pending Section 34 challenge; conditional stay of execution with proportional deposit; expeditious disposal of stay applications; NHAI land acquisition compensation.