IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.1969 of 2008 Date of decision: 21.1.2009 Surinder Singh. -----Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and others. -----Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present:- Ms. Tanisha Peshawaria, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Naresh Prabhakar, Advocate for respondent Nos.2 to 4. ----- ORDER: 1. This petition seeks quashing of notifications dated 9.8.2004 and 10.2.2005 under Sections 4 and 6 respectively of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”). 2. Case set out in the petition is that the State seeks to acquire 216 acres of land for setting up Urban Estate, Zirakpur. Some of the affected parties filed CWP No.4034 of 2005 Gurdial Singh & ors. v. State of Punjab etc. and were granted stay but the petitioners did not earlier challenge their acquisition and no stay was granted. Inspite of that, no award has been made within the C.W.P. No.1969 of 2008 period specified under Section 11-A of the Act and on that ground, the acquisition proceedings have lapsed. 3. Respondents No.2 and 3 have filed reply and submitted that if there was a stay granted in favour of any of the land owners covered by the same notification, the period of two years will stand extended by the period of stay. Reliance has been placed on judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Shri Abhey Ram (dead) by LRs. & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. AIR 1997 SC 2564, holding that stay granted to some persons will enure to other persons by virtue of Explanation to Section 6 of the Act, if notification for acquisition is common. 4. In view of above judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, we do not find any merit in the petition. 5. Dismissed. ( ADARSH KUMAR GOEL ) JUDGE January 21, 2009 ( JITENDRA CHAUHAN ) ashwani JUDGE 2