Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The petitioners have filed the instant application for the following reliefs:

In sum and substance, the submission on behalf of petitioners is that the petitioners are aggrieved by the determination of the compensation determined for payment to the petitioners by the Land Acquisition Officer-cum-Competent Authority, Patna.

Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that as per oral instructions received, the petitioners have already moved before the Arbitrator in terms of the provisions of section 3G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956.

It is finally prayed by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners will be withdrawing this application to pursue his matter before the Arbitrator. Further, a prayer is made that some time may be fixed for conclusion of the proceedings by the learned Arbitrator.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and having perused the materials on record and the submissions made, this application is permitted to be withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty.

It is directed that in case the petitioners have not moved under section 3G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956, they will move before the Arbitrator within a period of four weeks from today. The learned Arbitrator will expedite the Patna High Court CWJC No.18974 of 2021(2) dt.06-04-2023 7/7 disposal of the case of the petitioners and dispose it of at the earliest preferably within a period of six months from the date of production/communication of this order.

(Partha Sarthy, J) Bibhash U