IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6396 of 2011 Date of decision: 08.04.2011 Balbir Singh Malik and another …..Petitioners versus Union of India and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: Mr.A.S.Sukhija, Advocate for the petitioners Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) By filing this writ petition, the petitioners have laid challenge to a notification, issued under Section 4 read with Section 17(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act) on 22.5.2006, proposing to acquire land of the petitioners, for a public purpose, namely, ‘for widening in Jn. Route No.3 leading to Kishangarh IT Park’. Further challenge is to a declaration, issued under Section 6 read with Section 17(4) of the Act on 9.6.2006, finally ordering acquisition of the above said land. At the time of arguments, it became apparent that after issuance of the notifications, mentioned above, an award was passed on 9.6.2008, in consequent to the award passed, possession of the land was taken and the same was used for the purpose for which it was acquired. The petitioners have also accepted the compensation in terms of an award passed. If that is so, at this belated stage, no relief can be granted to the petitioners in view of Civil Writ Petition No.6396 of 2011 ratio of the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Swaran Lata etc. v. State of Haryana and others AIR 2010 Supreme Court 1664. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 08.04.2011 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) gk Judge 2