IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 23743 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION : 21.12.2011 Smt. Anita Rani .... PETITIONER Versus State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARAMJEET SINGH Present: Mr. Shailendra Jain, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The only prayer made by the petitioner in this petition is for issuing direction to the High Powered Committee (respondent No.2 herein) to treat the petition dated 19.5.2011 (Annexure P-10) filed by her under Section 15-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act') as a representation, and consider the same for releasing her land from acquisition in terms of the parameters laid down vide policy dated 29.7.2011 (Annexure P-11). Notice of motion. Shri Ajay Kumar Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana, who is present in Court, accepts notice on behalf of the State of CWP No. 23743 of 2011 -2- Haryana. In this case, certain land, including the land of the petitioner, was acquired vide notifications dated 2.6.2009 and 31.5.2010 (Annexures P-6 and P-8) issued under Sections 4 and 6, respectively, of the Act, but till date the award has not been passed, as in terms of the order passed by this Court, the matter is pending for consideration before the High Powered Committee for releasing of certain land. At the time of arguments, both the counsel have agreed that this matter can also be disposed of in terms of the order passed by this Court in CWP No. 12251 of 2010 titled as Bega and others Vs. The State of Haryana and others, decided on 2.8.2011 as well as CWP No. 16215 of 2011, titled as Uday Jain and another Vs. State of Haryana and others, decided on 1.9.2011. Vide both these orders, the writ petitions have been disposed of with a direction to the High Powered Committee to consider the request of the petitioners in the respective petitions for release/adjustment of the land and the petitioners were directed to appear before the High Powered Committee. In view of the said stand taken by both the parties, this writ petition is disposed of in the same terms as in Bega's case (supra) and the petitioner is directed to appear before the High Powered Committee in the office of the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Town and Country Planning Department, Sector 17, Chandigarh, and press her petition/representation dated 19.5.2011 (Annexure P-10) for release of her land within 15 days. It is made clear that CWP No. 23743 of 2011 -3- if the petitioner is not satisfied with the order to be passed by that Committee, liberty shall remain with the petitioner to lay challenge to the acquisition in question on the grounds which she has taken in the writ petition. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE December 21, 2011 ( PARAMJEET SINGH ) ndj JUDGE