CWP No. 22514 of 2011 -1- IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 22514 of 2011 Date of Decision: December 05, 2011 Rajesh Sharma …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV NARAIN RAINA Present: Mr. Bhag Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. 1. The prayer made by the petitioner in the instant petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution is for quashing of notification dated 28.02.2006 (P-3) issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for brevity 'the Act') and declaration dated 27.02.2007 (P-4) issued under Section 6 of the Act as well as award dated 03.03.2009 (P-5) announced by the Land Acquisition Collector. 2. The award in this case has been passed on 03.03.2009 under Section 11-A of the Act and there is no valid explanation for 2 ½ years' delay. 3. In view of the above insurmountable difficulty, the delay would stand in the way of the petitioner to challenge the whole CWP No. 22514 of 2011 -2- acquisition proceedings initiated in 2006. Therefore, the writ petition is wholly without merit and does not merit admission. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition fails and the same is dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (RAJIV NARAIN RAINA) JUDGE December 05, 2011 Atul