IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18213 of 2010 Date of decision: 7.10.2010 Dharam Singh …..Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Augustine George Masih Present: None for the petitioner Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) By filing this writ petition, a prayer has been made that directions be issued to the respondents to make payment for the land acquired at the rate of ` 10 lacs per acre along with interest. Civil Writ Petition No.18213 of 2010 It is case of the petitioner that vide award dated 22.4.2002, compensation at the rate mentioned above, was assessed for the land falling within the municipal limit. It is further case of the petitioner that his land was falling within the municipal limit, however, compensation was paid to him by treating it as situated outside the municipal limit. In this writ petition, it has been further stated that after getting a certificate from the Executive Officer stating that his land falls within the municipal limit, a request was made to the Deputy Commissioner, to make payment at the rate fixed by the Collector in the year 2002. In this writ petition, it is nowhere mentioned that whether at any time, written request was made to the respondents. For issuance of a writ of mandamus, it is pre-requisite that the applicant/ petitioner must raise a demand before coming to this Court. Otherwise also, award was passed in the year 2002. If the petitioner was aggrieved by grant of compensation at a lesser rate, he should have agitated his rights by moving an application under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 07.10.2010 (Augustine George Masih) gk Judge 2