CWP No. 1043 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 1043 of 2010 Date of decision: 21.01.2010 Maman and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.KUMAR HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. HS Baath, Advocate for the petitioners. 1. To be referred to the reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M.KUMAR, J. The petitioners have approached this Court with a prayer for issuance of directions to the respondents to release the compensation amount in respect of land owned by the petitioners, which is stated to have been acquired vide Annexure P-1. Notice of motion. Ms. Palika Monga, DAG, Haryana who is present in the Court, accepts notice on behalf of the State. Two copies of the paper book have been handed over to her by the learned counsel for the petitioners. Taking into account the nature of controversy raised, we are of the view that no detailed written statement would be necessary. The petitioners have already served the legal notices on the respondents on CWP No. 1043 of 2010 2 20.12.2008 vide Annexures P-2 and P-3, which are still pending consideration of the respondents. Accordingly, we direct the Land Acquisition Officer, PWD Hisar (respondent No.3) to take cognizance of the legal notice and decide the same in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. This petition stands disposed of. (M.M.KUMAR) JUDGE 21.01.2010 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) mk JUDGE