IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8607 of 2010 Date of decision: 8.7.2010 Baljit Kaur and another …..Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Augustine George Masih Present: Mr.A.S.Tewatia, Advocate for the petitioners Mr.Reeta Kohli, Addl.A.G. Punjab Mr.P.C.Dhiman, Advocate for respondent Nos.4 and 5 Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) Petitioners Nos.1 and 2 are related to respondent Nos.3 to 5. Dispute is regarding apportionment of compensation amount, regarding the property, which was left by their common ancestor, namely, Basata Singh. The petitioners are claiming 1/4th amount of the compensation of the acquired land, whereas respondent Nos.3 to 5 claimed that they are the owners of the entire land on the basis of some transfer deed. Be that as it may, as on today, the petitioners are not raising any dispute so far as the 3/4th amount of the compensation is concerned. In view of facts mentioned above, the parties are in agreement that let the Collector disburse the 3/4th amount of compensation to respondent Nos.3 to 5 and refer the application of the petitioners, moved under section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, for apportionment of compensation regarding Civil Writ Petition No.8607 of 2010 1/4th of the amount of the compensation to the competent Court for adjudication. In view of above, this writ petition is disposed of in terms of the agreement arrived at between the parties and the respondent No.2 is directed to disburse 3/4th amount of compensation to respondent Nos.3 to 5 and send 1/4th amount of compensation to the competent Court along with application of the petitioners for adjudication. Needful be done within three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. On receipt of the amount, the Court shall deposit the amount, so transferred, in a fixed deposit fetching the highest rate of interest and whosoever wins right to that amount, the same be disbursed to the party concerned on conclusion of the litigation. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 08.07.2010 (Augustine George Masih) gk Judge 2