IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.R. No. 1297 of 2011 Date of decision: 18.4.2011 Gurkirpal Singh … Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND KUMAR Present: Mr. Sunil Agnihotri, Advocate, for the petitioner ... ARVIND KUMAR, J: The present petitioner and his mother are the legal representatives of Gurdip Singh. Gurdip Singh was awarded enhanced compensation by the Additional District Judge, Hoshiarpur, vide order dated 5.6.2004 for his land which was acquired in the year 2000. The facts further reveal that the Government vide notification dated 23.3.2007 denotified the acquisition but the said notification was set aside on 9.5.2008 by the High Court in Civil Writ Petition No. 10511 of 2007. State had filed an S.L.P. which is stated to be pending but no stay was granted. The grievance of the present petitioner is that there is no headway in the execution filed by him for payment of decretal amount which runs into crores of rupees. Heard. Counsel for the petitioner, in all fairness, has confined his argument that the execution proceedings be expedited. The execution petition had been filed on 20.5.2008. The zimni orders placed on record indicate that time and again, the State Government, i.e. the judgment-debtor, had been delaying the matter on one pretext or the other. The report of the executing Court was also sought. The C.R. No. 1297 of 2011 -2- report sent shows that even the S.L.P. filed by the State has been dismissed. Thus, in back-drop of the above facts, the present petition stands disposed of with a direction to the Court concerned to dispose of the execution application expeditiously, in accordance with law, preferably within 9 months. April 18, 2011 ( ARVIND KUMAR ) JS JUDGE