IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1385 of 2011 Date of decision: 25.1.2011 Om Parkash and others …..Petitioners versus State of Haryana and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: Mr.Anil Ghanghas, Advocate for the petitioners Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) This writ petition has been filed with a prayer that notification, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act), on 27.10.2009, proposing to acquire 126.90 acres of land for a public purpose, namely, for construction of electricity power sub-station in village Dhana Narsan, tehsil and district Bhiwani, be quashed. Further challenge has been made to a declaration, issued under Section 6 of the Act on 7.12.2009. It is not in dispute that an award was passed on 13.1.2011. Possibly, this writ petition having been filed after passing of an award, cannot be entertained in view of ratio of the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Swaran Lata etc. v. State of Haryana and others AIR 2010 Supreme Court 1664. Civil Writ Petition No.1385 of 2011 Be that as it may, it is apparent from the records that the land was acquired to construct a power sub-station. It is contention of counsel for the petitioners that the adjoining land owners have offered that their land may be acquired and the land owned by the petitioners be left out of acquisition. This contention was raised by the petitioners before the Land Acquisition Collector, despite that their land was not exempted from acquisition. The authorities are the best judge to choose a piece of land suitable for the purpose for which it is going to be acquired. No case is made out for interference. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 25.01.2011 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) gk Judge 2