IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.12377 of 2010 Date of decision: 16.7.2010 Varinder Construction Company …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Augustine George Masih Present: Mr.Vinod Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) Petitioner’s land was acquired in the year 1999. He remained unsuccessful twice, to get the land released from acquisition. Writ petitions filed by the petitioner were dismissed in the year 1999 and 2007 respectively. Thereafter, the petitioner started pressing the authorities for payment of compensation and also moved an application under section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act) before the Collector with a prayer that the same be sent to the competent Court for adjudication. In this writ petition, it is grievance of the petitioner that compensation has not been paid to the petitioner even by now and the Collector has not referred his application for adjudication to the competent Court under section 18 of the act. CWP No.12377 of 2010 After hearing counsel for the petitioner and taking note of the facts of this case, we dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.2 to release payment of compensation in favour of the petitioner, if not already released. Needful be done within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If respondent No.2 is of the opinion that the petitioner is not entitled to get compensation for the land in dispute, then he shall pass a detailed order and supply a copy of the same to the petitioner forthwith. So far as reference of his application to the competent Court is concerned, respondent No.2 shall also pass an order either making a reference as per section 18 of the act or declining the same. If respondent number two wishes to reject application of the petitioner, then he shall pass a reasoned order and supply a copy of the same to him. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 16.07.2010 (Augustine George Masih) gk Judge 2