IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 16445 of 2011 Date of decision: 05.09.2011 Raj Kumar and others …..Petitioners versus State of Haryana and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Augustine George Masih Present: Mr.Nitin Jain, Advocate for the petitioners Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) This writ petition has been filed to lay challenge to a notification, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act) on 23.12.2005, proposing to acquire a vast tract of land for a public purpose, namely, ‘for setting up a Growth Center Saha, tehsil and district Ambala. Further challenge has been laid to a declaration, issued on 29.12.2006. Still further an award passed on 15.11.2008 is also under challenge. It is an admitted fact that the land was purchased by the petitioners on 23.12.2005 i.e. the date when notification under Section 4 of the Act, to acquire the land, was issued. Furthermore, inspite of an opportunity given, the petitioners have not filed any objection under Section 5-A of the Act. Regarding this very acquisition, qua those land owners who had not filed objections under Section 5-A of the Act, writ petitions were Civil Writ Petition No. 16445 of 2011 dismissed by this Court by passing an order in the case of Deepak Aggarwal and others v. State of Haryana and others (CWP No.1048 of 2008), decided on 16.12.2010. Counsel for the petitioners has failed to explain delay in filing this writ petition. No case is made out for interference. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 05.09.2011 (Augustine George Masih) gk Judge 2