Badri Prasad v. Government of India
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Chhattisgarh HC, WPC No. 4407 of 2021, decided 06.07.2026 by Parth Prateem Sahu, J. Writ petition by three landowners (Village Kirna, Tehsil Patharia, Mungeli) challenging NHAI land-acquisition arbitration: order dated 01.09.2020 (Annexure P-7) of the Additional Collector & Competent Authority (Arbitrator) rejecting their Section 3G(5) National Highways Act, 1956 application, plus a claim for enhancement of the 04.01.2013 award (LA Case No. 39A-82/2010-11) at Rs. 1,65,60,000/- per hectare / Rs. 1152/- per sq. m. DISMISSED as not maintainable: Section 3G(6) NH Act makes the Arbitration and Conciliation Act applicable; aggrieved claimants must move under Section 34, where the jurisdictional objection can also be raised; liberty reserved to pursue that remedy. Keywords: alternative remedy, maintainability, Section 3G(5)/3G(6) National Highways Act 1956, Section 34 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, compensation enhancement, certiorari, NHAI.