IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10986 of 2011 Santosh Kumar Mahtha Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors For the Petitioner: Mr. Shashi Nath Jha, Advocate For the State: Mr. Krishna Chandra, AC to AG For the NHAI: M/s Sunil Kumar and Ranjan Kumar Singh, Advocates ... 2 16.08.2011 At the time of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer only for a direction to respondent no. 3, the arbitrator concerned, to consider and dispose of the application of the petitioner filed under section 3G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956 before it, a copy of which has been appended as Annexure-4. It is submitted that an application was filed on 24.12.2010 before respondent no. 3 in Case No. 90/2010- 11, but there is no progress in the proceeding. Learned counsel for the National Highway Authority of India as well as the State have no objection if a direction is given for deciding the matter within a time framed. In above view of the matter, this writ application is being disposed of with a direction to respondent no. 3 to take a decision in accordance with law upon the application filed by the petitioner after following 2 all the procedures as expeditiously as possible, preferably within four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. SC ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)