IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.18171 of 2008 Date of decision: 2.2.2009 Dera Tirth Rameshar. -----Petitioner Vs. The State of Haryana and another. -----Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present:- Mr. Amarjit Markan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ashish Kapoor, Addl.A.G., Haryana. ----- ORDER: 1. Only prayer in this petition is that in view of dispute on the issue of title, the compensation may not be disbursed till the said dispute is settled on a reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”). Shri R.N. Lohan, Advocate submits that he is appearing for one of the claimants though he has not been impleaded as a party. He does not dispute that there is a dispute as to title, though according to him, the title vests in him. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner relies on judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Arulmighu Lakshminarasimhaswamy Temple Singirigudi v. Union of India 1997 (1) RCR (Civil) 2 in C.W.P. No.18171 of 2008 support of his submission that disbursement should be as per decision of the reference Court. 3. In view of above, we direct that the Collector may refer the dispute under Section 30 of the Act and disbursement of compensation may follow the decision on such a dispute. 4. This petition is disposed of, accordingly. ( ADARSH KUMAR GOEL ) JUDGE February 02, 2009 ( JITENDRA CHAUHAN ) ashwani JUDGE 2