CWP No. 22270 of 2011 -1- In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh CWP No. 22270 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 01.12.2011 Vinod Kumar & another ....... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana & another ........ Respondents Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M. Kumar Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Narain Raina **** Present: Mr. Shiv Kumar, Advocate for the petitioners. **** 1. To be referred to the reporters or not ? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? M.M. Kumar, J. 1. The instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution is filed praying for issuance of a direction to the Land Acquisition Collector, Urban Estate Office of the HUDA Building, Sector 12, Faridabad to forward the Reference sought under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act,1894 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') (P-3) to the Reference Court for adjudication. 2. On the asking of the Court Mr. Shiv Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners has revealed that the reference was sought on 13.2.2002 and it has been assigned Sr. No. 4047. 3. Notice of motion. 4. Mr. Anil Rathee, Addl. A.G., Haryana, who is present in the Court, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Two copies of the paper book have been handed over to him. CWP No. 22270 of 2011 -2- 5. Keeping in view the nature of the prayer made and the dispute raised in the instant petition, the parties are agreed for disposal of the petition at this stage. Even the necessity of filing of written statement is dispensed with. 6. Accordingly, we direct that if the petitioners has sought reference under Sections 17 & 30 of the Act (P-3) then the same shall be forwarded to the Reference Court expeditiously but not later than two months from today. 7. However, we make it clear that if Reference (P-3) has never been filed then the Collector would not be bound to forward the Reference to the Reference Court. 8. The writ petition stands disposed of with these observations. (M.M.KUMAR) JUDGE (RAJIV NARAIN RAINA) JUDGE December 01, 2011 ‘sp’