IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13932 of 2011(O&M) Date of decision: 11.08.2011 Raj Singh 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.Vinod Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioners Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) CM Nos.10775-10776 of 2011 Applications allowed, document is taken on record. Civil Writ Petition No.13932 of 2011 By filing this writ petition, the petitioners have laid challenge to a notification, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act) on 19.8.2009. Further challenge has been made to a declaration, issued under Section 6 of the Act on 22.1.2010. Still further, an award passed on 7.9.2010 has been impugned in this writ petition. Vide the notifications, mentioned above, land has been ordered to be acquired for a public purpose, namely, ‘for the extension of Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan, tehsil Gohana, district Sonipat’. Civil Writ Petition No.13932 of 2011(O&M) It is contention of counsel for the petitioners that when earlier, land was acquired for the above said University, their land was not touched. It is also stated that the petitioners had constructed residential houses in the land in dispute and their buildings are being acquired contrary to the Policy of the State Government dated 26.10.2007. Taking note of the averments made and to know the situation where land of the petitioners is situated, on the last date of hearing, we orally directed counsel for the petitioners to put on record a copy of the site plan, showing land earlier acquired for the University, now under acquisition and situation of the land owned by the petitioners. We have perused the site plan put on record. It clearly depicts that the land owned by the petitioners is surrounded, on three sides, by the land meant for the University. Under the circumstances, if this land is kept out of acquisition, probably, it will hamper over-all development of the campus. In view of above, no relief can be granted to the petitioners. However, taking note of a fact that the petitioners are the poor land-less persons, respondent-State is directed to consider their request for re- habilitation sympathetically and an attempt be made to provide plots, on vacating their land, as per Policy. Disposed of. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 11.08.2011 (Augustine George Masih) gk Judge 2