In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh C.W.P.No.8695 of 1987 Date of Decision:23-04-2008 Phagwara Improvement Trust, Phagwara ---Petitioner vs. Land Acquisition Tribunal, Phagwara and others ---Respondents Coram: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.KUMAR HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. Mr. Sukhvir Singh, Advocate for Mr. H.S.Mattewal, Sr. Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. J.S.Wasu, Senior Advocate with Mr. Kulwant Singh, Advocate, for the respondents. M.M.KUMAR, J. This order shall dispose of C.W.P.Nos. 8695 and 8696 of 1987. A perusal of the prayer made by the petitioners in both the petitions shows that the award dated 5.5.1987 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Land Acquisition Tribunal, Improvement Trust, Phagwara at Kapurthala (for brevity 'the Tribunal'), has been challenged and prayer has been made for quashing the same. The matter is no longer res integra because a bunch of other petitions came up for consideration of this Court in C.W.P.No. 9162 of 1987 along with others. The aforementioned award has been set aside vide judgment dated 10.8.2007 passed by a Division Bench of this Court and C.W.P.No.8695 of 1987 -2- writ petitions have been allowed. In view of the above, we allow the C.W.P.Nos. 8695 and 8696 of 1987 and set aside the award dated 5.5.1987 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Tribunal. The matter is remitted back to the Tribunal which shall make endeavor to conclude the proceedings within three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Any compensation, that may have been received by the land owners or interested persons, shall be subject to the outcome of the new award. Writ petitions stand disposed of . A photocopy of this order be placed on the file of other connected case. (M.M.KUMAR) JUDGE (SABINA) JUDGE April 23, 2008 paramjit