P.Ramathal v. The National Highway Authority of india
Land acquisition – National Highways Act, 1956
Case brief
What is this about?
W.A(MD)Nos.992 to 995 & 837 of 2024, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, decided 17.04.2026 (N. Sathish Kumar, J.). Five Coimbatore land owners (P. Ramathal, K. Mailsamy, N. Malathi, P. Sivasubramaniam, P. Kaliappan) appealed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent against the common order dated 22.02.2024 dismissing W.P(MD)Nos.4040 to 4044 of 2024, in which they had sought disposal of arbitration appeals preferred under Section 3G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956 (land acquired for NHAI; Section 3A Notification dated 22.03.2018). Court disposed of the appeals, directing the District Collector, Coimbatore, as Arbitrator, to decide the arbitration applications within three months, taking the market value as on the date of the Section 3A notification and possession-stage damage into account, after hearing the parties; no costs; C.M.P(MD)Nos.7209, 7211, 7210, 7212, 6310 of 2024 closed. Keywords: Section 3G(5) National Highways Act arbitration timeline; compensation market value date of 3A notification; writ appeal disposed of; District Collector as Arbitrator; land loser delay remedy.