Sujit Kumar Nandi and Ors. v. the Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 3G(5) National Highways Act 1956; compensation determination for land acquisition; competent authority cannot be directed to refer adequacy-of-compensation dispute to arbitrator; aggrieved party must itself apply to arbitrator appointed by Central Government; respondent no. 4 to communicate arbitrator details within 30 working days; application treated as within limitation if filed within 30 working days of receipt; arbitrator to dispose of dispute within 120 working days; server copy to be acted upon; writ petition disposed of; single judge (Partha Sarathi Sen, J.); WPA 11489 of 2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: respondent no. 4 to communicate the details of the arbitrator appointed by the Central Government under section 3G(5) within 30 working days; if the writ petitioners apply to the arbitrator within 30 working days of receipt of such communication, the application is to be treated as within limitation and the arbitrator is to dispose of the dispute within 120 working days; liberty to communicate the server copy of the order to respondent no. 4 and the arbitrator, who are to act on it.