IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20202 of 2010 Date of decision: 12.11.2010 Mohinder Kumar Gupta …..Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Augustine George Masih Present: Mr.S.K.Hooda, Advocate for the petitioner Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) This writ petition has been filed with a prayer to quash a notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act) on 15.1.1976, to acquire 4.81 acres of land, including 7 kanal 7 marlas land of the petitioner. Further challenge has been made to a declaration issued under Section 6 of the Act on 15.6.1976. In this case, award was passed in the year 1978. As per information supplied, at the bar, the State had deposited the amount of compensation with the Land Acquisition Collector. Counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has not received the compensation. Be that as it may, the petitioner should approach the Land Acquisition Collector to get amount of compensation. Merely on account of a fact that land at present is lying vacant, is no ground to quash the notifications under challenge. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 12.11.2010 (Augustine George Masih) gk Judge