IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.4328 of 2009 Date of decision: 19.3.2009 Sarbjit Singh & Others. -----Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and another. -----Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present:- Mr. Hitesh Pandit, Advocate for the petitioners. ----- ORDER: 1. Notice of motion. 2. Mr. Manohar Lall, Add. A.G., Punjab, present in Court, accepts notice. 3. This petition seeks quashing of notification dated 10.7.2008 under Section 4 and notification dated 6.1.2009 under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”). The purpose of acquisition is construction of New Judicial Court Complex at Hoshiarpur. 4. Ground for challenging the acquisition is that the impugned notifications were not published in the newspapers, as required, nor publication was done in the locality. Objections of the petitioners under Section 5-A of the Act were rejected without passing a speaking order. The proposed area is behind congested C.W.P. No.4328 of 2009 area and thus, access to the Courts will not be proper. The earlier proposal of setting up of Judicial Complex at Ram Colony Bagh in Chandigarh –Hoshiarpur road was more viable. 5. Only prayer pressed at the time of hearing is that a speaking order may be passed on the objections of the petitioners, Annexure P-4. 6. In view of the fact that notification under Section 6 of the Act has already been issued, without expressing any opinion on merits, we direct respondent No.1-State to look into the objections of the petitioners and take a decision thereon, on merits, in accordance with law, within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 7. The petition is disposed of. ( ADARSH KUMAR GOEL ) JUDGE March 19, 2009 ( JITENDRA CHAUHAN ) ashwani JUDGE 2