CWP No. 22544 of 2011 -1- IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 22544 of 2011 Date of Decision: December 05, 2011 Sunil Dutt …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV NARAIN RAINA Present: Mr. Adarsh Jain, Advocate for the petitioner. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. 1. The prayer made in the instant petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution is for issuance of direction to forward the reference petition under Section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for brevity 'the Act'). 2. It has been asserted that an application seeking reference under Section 30 of the Act was filed on 22.12.2008 (P-1) but the same has not been sent to the reference Court for adjudication. A copy of the application has been placed on record (P-1) 3. Notice of motion. 4. Ms. Palika, learned DAG, Haryana who is present in the Court accepts notice on behalf of the respondent. Two copies of the paper books have been handed over to her by the learned counsel for the petitioner. CWP No. 22544 of 2011 -2- 5. Keeping in view the nature of the prayer made in the instant petition and the endorsement on the application by the Land Acquisition Collector, Faridabad with his initial we are of the view that the matter deserves to be disposed of without asking respondent-State to file any detail reply. Ms. Monga, learned DAG, Haryana also agrees for the adoption of such course by issuing appropriate directions. 6. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of and the Land Acquisition Collector-respondent is directed to refer the application filed by the petitioner under Section 30 of the Act to the reference Court expeditiously preferably within a period of 2 months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. 6. A copy of this order be given dasti to learned counsel for the petitioner on payment of usual charges. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (RAJIV NARAIN RAINA) JUDGE December 05, 2011 Atul