CWP No. 2961 of 1986 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 2961 of 1986 Date of decision: 30.08.2010 Surinder Raj and others ….. PETITIONERS VERSUS The Land Acquisition Tribunal, Ludhiana and others ….. RESPONDENTS CORAM:HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: Mr.O.P.Goyal, Sr. Advocate, with Ms. Kanwaljeet Kaur, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Sukhbir Singh, Advocate, for the respondents. *** JASBIR SINGH, J. (ORAL) Vide order dated 26.08.2010, counsel for the Improvement Trust, Ludhiana was asked to get instructions as to whether the scheme, vide which the land of the petitioners was acquired, was dropped or not. In response thereto, affidavit of Sh. Lal Singh Tiwana, Executive Officer, Improvement Trust, Ludhiana has been put on record. Paragraph No. 3 of CWP No. 2961 of 1986 2 the above-said affidavit reads thus:- “ That the Improvement Trust Ludhiana vide different resolution considered the matter regarding 60 Acres Scheme and kept pending. The number of constructions came in existence in the meantime. Finally the Trust has passed the resolution No. 51 dt. 15.07.1999 and approved the abandonment of the scheme and to withdraw the references/appeal. Further the proposal for issuance of NOC by the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana was approved. It is, submitted that the possession of the land has not been taken and the compensation deposited with the Land Acquisition Collector was later on withdrawn. No action for the execution of the scheme has been taken till today.” As a matter of fact, it has been stated that the land in dispute is not subject matter of acquisition by the Improvement Trust. If that is so, this writ petition has become infructuous and is disposed of accordingly. ( JASBIR SINGH ) JUDGE ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) JUDGE August 30, 2010 pj