IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CWP No. 4607 of 2008 Date of Decision: April 10, 2008 Lalit Kumar Jain and others …Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. Amit Jhanji, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Palika Monga, AAG, Haryana, for the respondents. M.M. KUMAR, J. This petition is directed against acquisition proceedings initiated by the respondents by issuance of notification, dated 20.8.2007, under Section 4 (Annexure P-4) and declaration dated 24.12.2007, under Section 6 (Annexure P-9) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for brevity, ‘the Act’) respectively. A perusal of the order dated 24.3.2008, passed by this Court shows that out of the three submissions, notice of motion was issued only on one of them and the same reads thus:- “ As regard to the third contention that the petitioners’ objections under Section 5-A of the Act have not been considered by the Collector, let notice of motion be issued to Advocate General, Haryana. Ms. Palika Monga, AAG, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Let respondent No. 3 file a short C.W.P. No. 4607 of 2008 affidavit before the adjourned date as to whether or not the objections filed by the petitioners under Section 5-A of the Act have been considered and disposed of in accordance with law. Adjourned to 27.3.2008. Status quo with regard to possession be maintained till then.” In pursuance to the aforementioned order, the Land Acquisition Collector, Urban Estate Department, Haryana, Rohtak, has filed his affidavit dated 26.3.2008, stating that the petitioners filed their objections under Section 5-A of the Act, which were received in his office on 24.9.2007. The Land Acquisition Collector has heard the representative of the petitioners on 15.10.2007 and a report after hearing objections with recommendation was submitted to the Government alongwith survey report. It has further been stated that the land of the petitioners falls in the alignment of road and green belt. It was thereafter that declaration under Section 6 of the Act has been issued on 24.12.2007. In view of the above, the writ petition fails and the same is dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (SABINA) April 10, 2008 JUDGE 2 C.W.P. No. 4607 of 2008 Pkapoor 3