IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.15293 of 2010 Date of decision: 26.8.2010 Rishi Raj Rangi and another …..Petitioners versus The State of Haryana and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Augustine George Masih Present: Mr.R.S.Mamli, 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 9.8.2002, proposing to acquire a vast track of land, including land of the petitioners. Further challenge is to a declaration issued under Section 6 of the Act on 8.8.2003. It appears that by now award might have been passed. Otherwise also, if the petitioners were aggrieved by issuance of the notifications under Sections 4 and 6 of the Act, as mentioned above, they should have challenged the same within a reasonable time. The petitioners kept on sleeping and have woken up only after a period of seven years. In view of ratio of judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay. v. Industrial Development Investment Co. Pvt. Ltd. & others AIR 1997Supreme Court 482, no case is made out for interference. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 26.08.2010 (Augustine George Masih) gk Judge