IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.14507 of 2011 Date of decision: 12.08.2011 Ashok Kumar 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.Rajeshwar Singh, Advocate for the petitioners Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) This writ petition has been filed with a prayer to quash a notification, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act), proposing to acquire land measuring 92 acres 4 kanal 10 marla, situated in villages Nonand, Baliyana and Kheri-Sadh, tehsil and district Rohtak, for a public purpose, namely, ‘for the construction of Common Effluent Treatment Plant for Industrial Model Township, Rohtak’. Further challenge has been made to a declaration, issued under Section 6 of the Act on 18.10.2010, finally ordering acquisition of above land. There is no dispute that the land is being acquired for a public purpose. By making reference to the site plan (P3), counsel states that land of the petitioners marked as no.3 in the site plan is being acquired for providing an access to the ‘effluent treatment plant’ marked at no.2 in the site plan. It is contention of counsel for the petitioners that passage is Civil Writ Petition No.14507 of 2011 already available and as such there is no necessity to acquire land of the petitioners. We are not satisfied with the argument raised. It is not in dispute that the land, surrounding the land of the petitioners is also under acquisition for a public purpose, mentioned above. More than 92 acres of land was put under acquisition and at the time when notification under Section 6 of the Act was issued, no land was released from acquisition. It is not a case of the discrimination. The petitioners have failed to make out any case for interference. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 12.08.2011 (Augustine George Masih) gk Judge 2