In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh CWP No. 14509 of 2007 Date of decision: 19.5.2008 Shiv Kumar Saini ......Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.KUMAR HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.Parvesh Saini, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Ashish Kapoor, Addl.A.G.Haryana. Mr.Ajay Kumar Kansal, Advocate for HUDA. **** JUDGMENT M.M.KUMAR, J. Written statement on behalf of respondents No. 3 has been filed in the Court today which is taken on record. Learned State counsel, after obtaining instructions from Sita Ram, Patwari, office of Land Acquisition Collector, Hisar, has stated that the award was passed on 3.8.2007 (Annexure P-9) and the instant petition has been filed on 15.9.2007 after passing of the award. He has further stated that the compensation by cheques dated 20.8.2007 and 11.9.2007 has also been disbursed to the petitioners. It is well settled that the acquisition proceedings can not be challenged after passing of award and acceptance of compensation, especially when the possession has been taken CWP No. 14509 of 2007 -2- by the State. In that regard reliance may be placed on the judgments of the Supreme Court in the cases of Star Wire (India) Ltd. v. State of Haryana (1996) 11 SCC 698, Municipal Council Ahmednagar v. Shah Hyder Beig (2000) 2 SCC 48, C.Padma v.Dy.Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu (1997) 2 SCC 627 and Swaika Properties Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Rajasthan JT 2008 (2) S.C.280. In view of above, the writ petition fails and the same is accordingly dismissed. (M.M.KUMAR) JUDGE (SABINA) May 19, 2008 JUDGE anita