Kanta Goyal v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court (Bilaspur), WPC No. 4441 of 2022, order dated 14.01.2026 by Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas. Petitioner Kanta Goyal; respondents: State of Chhattisgarh (Revenue & Disaster Management), Collector Raipur, Sub Divisional Officer Abhanpur, and National Highway Authority. Writ petition disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to raise arbitration dispute before the Arbitrator appointed under Section 3G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956. Advocates: Suman Kumar Keshari (petitioner); Vivek Verma, Government Advocate (State); Dhiraj Kumar Wankhede and Sanchit Bhatt (NHAI). No precedent cited; no quantum awarded.
What did the court decide?
Permission to withdraw the writ petition, with liberty to take the alternate and efficacious remedy available under the National Highways Act, 1956 and to raise the arbitration dispute before the Arbitrator appointed under Section 3G(5) of that Act.