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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN SHARMA
National Highway Authority of India – Appellant
Versus
Competent Authority of Land Acquisition-cum-SDO, Nalagarh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Ranjan Sharma, J.
Petitioner, National Highway Authority of India, has come up before this Court seeking following prayers:-
“It is, therefore, respectfully prayed that in view of the facts stated above the application may kindly be allowed and the time limit for completing the arbitration proceedings in Arbitration Reference petition No.421/2018 pending before the Ld. Arbitratior-cum- Divisional Commissioner, Shimla, Camp at Solan, may kindly be extended for a further period of six months or any other orders or directions which this Ld. Court may deem fit be passed in the interest of justice.”
FACTUAL MATRIX:
2. Case set-up by Mr. S.C. Sharma, Learned Senior Counsel, for the petitioner is that pursuant to the Notification under Section 3A of the NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ACT , 1956, the Central Government published a Notification to acquire the stretch of land from Kilometer 17/930 to Kilometer 35/312 of National Highway No.21-A [New National Highway No.105] for building, widening, maintenance, management and operation of the said Highway in the State of Himachal Pradesh. Thereafter, the land belonging to respective shares of respondents No.2 to 48, herein, at Mouja Kripalpur, Had
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