IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 1704 of 2008 Date of Decision: February 12, 2008 Darshan Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present: Mr. Harit Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Charu Tuli, Sr. DAG, Punjab, for the respondents. JUDGMENT M.M. KUMAR, J. This petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution prays for issuance of directions to the respondents to make reference to the learned District Judge, Jalandhar, in pursuance to the application filed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for brevity, ‘the Act’), on 8.11.2006 (P-2), for determining the market value of the land acquired by the respondents vide Notification No. 14/24/91-M-5/73340, dated 30.9.2005, issued under Section 4 of the Act and declaration bearing No. 14/24/98-M-5/4344, C.W.P. No. 1704 of 2008 dated 14.7.2006, issued under Section 6 of the Act, acquiring 22 acres 5 kanals and 11 marlas of land, situated at Village Phillaur, H.B. No. 153, District Jalandhar and Sefabad, H.B. No. 136, Tehsil Phillaur, District Jalandhar. In response to the notice of motion having been issued, a short affidavit of Shri Narinder Singh Bath, PCS, Collector Land Acquisition, Colonization Department, Punjab, Chandigarh, has been placed on record by the learned State counsel. According to the affidavit, reference application of the petitioner, filed under Section 18 of the Act has been sent to the learned District and Sessions Judge, Jalandhar, on 7.2.2008. Accordingly, the writ petition has been rendered infructuous and the same is disposed of as such. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (T.P.S. MANN) February 12, 2008 JUDGE Pkapoor 2