High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCOCP/631/2015disposed of

Nagina Singh And ORS v. Tejinderpal Singh Sandhu

2017-05-10Mr. Justice S.P. Bangarh2 pages

COCP No.631/2015 1

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH COCP No.631/2015 Date of decision:10.05.2017 Nagina and others ..............Petitioners v.

Sh.Tejinderpal Singh Sandhu,Deputy Comissioner, Mohali ..............Respondents Coram:

Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh Present:- Mr.SS Sarwara,Advocate for the petitioners Mr.Anant Kataria,DAG Punjab Jaswant Singh,J,(Oral).

Petitioners and others filed CWP 4760/2013 alleging that possession of their land as mentioned in the petition had been taken taken and utilized by the respondents, it being located within the boundary wall of the Ammunition Depot at Dappar. They sought a direction for payment of compensation and damages for the use and occupation of their land by respondents. The said writ petition was disposed of vide order dated 8.10.2013 with a direction to Deputy Commissioner, Mohali to initiate the process in accordance with law to ensure that due amount of compensation/user charges is paid to the petitioners as early as possible but not later than one year from the date Rajinder Parshad Joshi 2017.05.10 15:25 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

COCP No.631/2015 2 of the order.

Now alleging disobedience of said order dated 8.10.2013 instant contempt has been filed.

Upon notice, today, reply by way of affidavit of Gaurav Kaushal,IDES,Defence Estate Officer,Chandigarh in identical COCP 778/2015 filed by similarly situated land owners, has been filed stating therein that in CWP 16455/2016 titled as Inderjit Singh and others v UOI and others, involving similar facts, disposed of on 2.5.2017, this Court has accepted the stand taken by respondents wherein they have stated that sanction has already been granted by the Ministry of Defence for acquisition of land. Communication dated 25.4.2017 has been sent to D.C.,Mohali to initiate the process and conclude the same at the earliest. It is further stated that the process will take about one year. Copy of said order has been Annexed as Annexure R-3/2 with the reply filed today in COCP 778/2015.

In view of the above, in my opinion, the instant petition has been rendered infructuous.

Disposed of accordingly.

10.05.2017 (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge Whether Speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether Reportable Yes/No Rajinder Parshad Joshi 2017.05.10 15:25 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document