COCP No.2064 of 2011 (O & M) ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No.2064 of 2011 (O & M) Date of decision: 08.11.2011 Om Parkash and another .... Petitioners Versus Ram Avtar Gupta ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr.Narender Sura, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Anoop Sharma, AA.G., Haryana. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. : (Oral) The grievance of the petitioners in this contempt petition is that order dated 15.10.2010 passed by this Court in RFA No.2705 of 2002 titled as Om Parkash and another Versus State of Haryana and others, whereby the following directions issued by this Court, has not been complied with:- (i) The Land Acquisition Collector shall depute officers subordinate to him not below the rank of Naib Tehsildar, who shall get in touch with all the land owners and/ or their legal representatives and inform them about their entitlement and right to received enhanced compensation. (ii) The concerned officers shall also instruct the COCP No.2064 of 2011 (O & M) ::2:: land owners and/or their legal reprehensive to open saving bank account in case they already do not have such account. (iii) The Bank account numbers of the land owners should be given to the Land Acquisition Collector within three months. (iv) The Land Acquisition Collector shall deposit the cheques of compensation in the bank accounts of the land owners”. 2. As per averments made in the petition, the respondent was required to deposit the enhanced compensation amount in the accounts of the petitioners after obtaining the details of their accounts. The grievance of the petitioners is that the same has not been done. 3. Upon notice having been issued, reply on behalf of respondent has been filed in Court today. Same is taken on record. In the reply, it has been stated that in compliance with the aforesaid order dated 15.10.2010, the respondent has deposited the enhanced amount of compensation of the petitioners vide cheque No. 051394 dated 14.10.2011 and cheque No.051395 dated 14.10.2011 in the bank accounts of the petitioners. 4. In view of the above, learned State counsel states that the due amount has been released to the petitioners and the petition has been rendered infructuous. Same may be disposed of as such. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that though the amount has been received yet an opportunity may be granted to the petitioners to take recourse to legal remedies if on calculation the COCP No.2064 of 2011 (O & M) ::3:: amount paid is found to be not as per their entitlement. 6. In view of the above, the contempt petition is dismissed as having been rendered infructuous. However, it shall be open to the petitioners to take remedies in accordance with law in case on calculation the amount paid is found to be insufficient. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) JUDGE November 08, 2011 sukhpreet