BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 02.09.2022 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.S.SUNDAR AND THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY W.A(MD)No.987 of 2022 Sujatha ... Appellant/Petitioner Vs. 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Public Works PP2 Department, Fort St. George, Chennai ? 9. 2.The Arbitrator / District Collector, Madurai District, Madurai. 3.The Project Director, National Highways Authority of India, (NHAI) DATED: 02.09.2022 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.S.SUNDAR AND THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY W.A(MD)No.987 of 2022 Sujatha ... Appellant/Petitioner Vs. 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Public Works PP2 Department, Fort St. George, Chennai ? 9. 2.The Arbitrator / District Collector, Madurai District, Madurai. 3.The Project Director, National Highways Authority of India, (NHAI) No.3, Suriya Towers 2nd Floor, East 1st Street, K.K.Nagar, Madurai ? 20. 4.The Authorised Officer / The Special District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition), National Highways No.785, Madurai. 5.The Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), National Highways No.785, Madurai North, Madurai. ... Respondents/Respondents Prayer: Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, to set aside the order dated 29.07.2022 in W.P(MD)No.16918 of 2022 and allow the Writ Appeal. For Appellant : Mr.S.Satheesh Kumar For Respondents 1, 2, : Mr.N.Satheeshkumar 4 & 5 Additional Government Pleader For 3rd Respondent : Mrs.J.Padmavathi Devi Standing Counsel JUDGMENT (Judgment of the Court was delivered by S.S.SUNDAR,J.) Learned counsel appearing for the appellant seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the writ appeal with liberty to the appellant to workout her remedy under the provisions of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. He has also made an endorsement to that effect. Learned counsel also seeks indulgence of this Court to exclude the time, that is taken in pursuing the Writ Petition as well as Writ Appeal. Recording the same, the Writ Appeal is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the appellant to pursue her remedy by invoking the provisions of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Limitation prescribed to set aside the order impugned in the Writ Petition will be considered after excluding the time taken by the petitioner by pursuing the Writ Petition as well as Writ Appeal. No Costs. [S.S.S.R.,J] [S.S.Y.,J.] 02.09.2022 Index :Yes/No sj To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Public Works PP2 Department, Fort St. George, Chennai ? 9. 2.The Arbitrator / District Collector, Madurai District, Madurai. 3.The Authorised Officer / The Special District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition), National Highways No.785, Madurai. 4.The Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition), National Highways No.785, Madurai North, Madurai. S.S.SUNDAR,J. and S.SRIMATHY,J. sj W.A(MD)No.987 of 2022 02.09.2022