IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 13521 of 2010 Date of decision: 2.8.2010 Surat Singh …..Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Augustine George Masih Present: Mr.Sanjeev Kaushik, Advocate for the petitioner Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) This order will dispose of two writ petitions bearing CWP Nos.13521 and 13546 both of 2010, involving same questions of law and facts. For facility of reference, facts are being taken from CWP No.13521 of 2010. This writ petition has been filed with a prayer to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant the petitioner same amount of compensation, which was awarded to Mehtab Singh and others, whose land was also acquired along with land of the petitioners. To say so, reliance has been placed on orders passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Mehtab Singh and others v. State of Haryana (P1) and Jai Ram v. The State of Haryana and another (P2). After hearing counsel for the petitioner, we are of the opinion that at the instance of the petitioner, interference cannot be made as prayed for in this writ petition. Civil Writ Petition No. 13521 of 2010 It is apparent from the records that land of the petitioner and others was proposed to be acquired in the year 1977. Award was passed on 18.2.1977. The petitioner and others moved applications under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act). At their instance, amount of compensation was enhanced. It is an admitted fact that the petitioner thereafter did not agitate the matter regarding compensation any further, whereas to the contrary, Mehtab Singh, Jai Ram and others, the right holders filed appeals in this Court, which appear to have been disposed of in the year 1982. Thereafter they went to the Hon’ble Supreme Court by filing a Special Leave Petition (Civil) in the years 1984/85. In the case of Mehtab Singh’s (supra), compensation was enhanced by the Hon’ble Supreme Court vide order dated 30.8.1994. Appeal filed by Jai Ram came up for consideration in the year 2001 and vide order dated 18.9.2001, compensation was enhanced in his favour also. The petitioner thereafter woke up, went to the Hon’ble Supreme Court and on 7.9.2009, following order was passed in his case:- “We are of the view that it would be better for the petitioner to move the petition under Article 226 of the Constitution instead of this writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. However, this order will not prevent the petitioner from moving the High Court. We make it clear that we have not gone into the merits of the case.” It is how, this writ petition has been filed. Counsel for the petitioner has failed to refer to any provision of law, under which, the petitioner can claim similar treatment, which had been 2 Civil Writ Petition No. 13521 of 2010 given to Mehtab Singh and Jai Ram etc. The petitioner was satisfied with grant of compensation by the Land Acquisition Tribunal and never challenged the same. No case is made out for interference at this belated stage. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 02.08.2010 (Augustine George Masih) gk Judge 3