In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh CWP No. 4875 of 2008 Date of decision: 26.3.2008 Hari Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.Sandeep Kumar Yadav, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** JUDGMENT SURYA KANT, J. Through this civil writ petition, the petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus to direct the respondents to release the compensation amount, allegedly not paid to him in respect of his land acquired for construction of Satnali Canal (Balrod Minor). As it appears from the pleadings, the acquisition had taken place in the year 1975-76. We have no reason to doubt that the claims of the land owners must have been settled way back, however, the petitioner alleges that the entire compensation amount has not been paid so far despite the claim lodged by him from time to time including a legal notice dated 20.10.2006 (Annexure P-3). CWP No. 4875 of 2008 -2- In these circumstances, however, without going into the merits of the petitioner's claim, we deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to look into the claim contained in the above mentioned legal notice and dispose of the same, in accordance with law, within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms. (SURYA KANT) JUDGE (SABINA) March 26, 2008 JUDGE anita