High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/16395/1995disposed of

Puran Etc. v. State Of Haryana & ANR

2022-05-23Ms. Justice Ritu Bahri,Mr. Justice Ashok Kumar Verma2 pages

CWP-16395-1995 -1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-16395-1995 Date of decision: 23.05.2022 Puran and others ..... Petitioners

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State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents

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HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR VERMA PRESENT: Mr. M.L. Sarin, Senior Advocate with Mr. Ritesh Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Ankur Mittal, Addl. A.G., Haryana with Mr. Saurabh Mago, AAG, Haryana.

RITU BAHRI, J. (ORAL) Through this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, prayer has been made for issuance of a writ in the nature of Certiorari for quashing the impugned notifications under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, dated 23.11.1992 and 19.11.1993 (Annexures P-1 and P-3, respectively) and the entire acquisition proceedings taken in pursuance thereof. Learned counsel for the State has placed on record the additional affidavit dated 17.05.2022 of the Land Acquisition Officer, Urban Estate Department, Faridabad. The same is taken on record. A copy thereof, has been supplied to learned counsel for the petitioners.

RISHU KATARIA 2022.05.25 05:14 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document

CWP-16395-1995 -2As per this affidavit, land of the petitioners measuring 12 kanal 15 marlas falling in Khasra No. 8//22 Min., 14//2 village Uncha Gaon Tehsil and District Faridabab, was acquired for the public purpose namely, development of Residential and Commercial Sector-2, Faridabad. The Urban Estates Department vide its notification dated 27.11.2018 (Annexure R-1) had already de-notified the land bearing Khasra No. 8//22 Min (7K-9M), 14//2(8K-0M) under Section 101A of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, due to thickly populated colonies with various constructions on the acquired land and the same now stands released from the subject acquisition.

In view of the above, no further order is required to be passed in this writ petition and the same is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous, with liberty to the petitioner to take appropriate steps, in accordance with law, if, so advised. ( RITU BAHRI ) JUDGE May 23, 2022 ( ASHOK KUMAR VERMA ) rishu JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether Reportable Yes/No RISHU KATARIA 2022.05.