IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 21093 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: December 16, 2008 Jai Onkar International Sewa Shram Sangh …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JORA SINGH Present: Mr. M.L. Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. The petitioner has approached this Court with a prayer for quashing notification dated 11.11.2002 (P-2) issued under Section 4 and declaration dated 7.11.2003 (P-4) issued under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for brevity, ‘the Act’) and also the award announced in the year 2005. The primary ground for the aforementioned prayer is that after announcement of award and taking of possession, the respondent State has released the land of Sarvshri Ved Pal and Bharat Singh sons of Shri Bishan Singh etc., vide order dated 30.1.2008 (P-6). However, the release of land after the award and taking over of possession, would not constitute the basis for the C.W.P. No. 21093 of 2008 petitioner to pray for release of land. It is a different matter that the petitioner may challenge order dated 30.1.2008 because the same violates the fundamental principles of the Act as enshrined in Section 16 read with Section 48(1) thereof. There is no merit in the instant petition. Dismissed. However, liberty is granted to the petitioner to challenge order dated 30.1.2008 (P-6). (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (JORA SINGH) December 16, 2008 JUDGE Pkapoor 2