In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Civil Writ Petition No. 13642 of 2009 Date of Decision: September 18, 2009 Mahabir … Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others. … Respondents Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.S. Khehar, Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.D. Anand. Present : Ms. Promila Nain, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ashish Kapoor, Addl. Advocate General, Haryana, for respondent Nos. 1 and 2. *** J.S. Khehar, J. (Oral) A letter of the Land Acquisition Collector, Rohtak, dated 15.09.2009 has been handed over to us in Court today. The same is taken on record and marked as Annexure `A’. In furtherance of the acknowledged factual position, namely, that a balance amount of Rs.25,92,584/- is payable to the petitioner on account of the land of the petitioner acquired by the respondents, we hereby direct the Land Acquisition Collector, Rohtak, to release the aforesaid amount to the petitioner after complying with the administrative requirements. We also hereby clarify that it will not be essential for the respondents to pay any statutory interest in terms of the provisions of the CWP No. 13642 of 2009 Land Acquisition Act, 1894, to the petitioner, in view of the affidavit given by him at the time of release of part payment amounting to Rs.12,85,866/-. We, however, direct that the Land Acquisition Collector, Rohtak, to release the interest to the petitioner, if any, earned by the respondents as a consequence of the deposit of Rs.25,92,584/- for the period hitherto before. The instant writ petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. ( J.S. Khehar ) Judge September 18, 2009 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge 2