CWP No.2343 of 1983 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.2343 of 1983 (O&M) Date of decision: 18.5.2011 Janta Steel & Metal Coop. Industrial Society Ltd. ......Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Haryana and others ......Respondent(s) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG * * * Present: Mr. Puneet Bali, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Kamal Shegal, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rakesh Kumar Garg, J. The petitioner claims to have purchase of land measuring 68 kanals 12 marlas situated in Mewla Mehrajpur, Tehsil Ballabgarh, District Faridabad in the year 1960 and he was owner of land comprised in Khasra Nos.47/25/2 (3-05), 65/5/2 (3-4), 65/5/1 (4-16), 65/6/1(4-0), 66/1/1 (3-4), 66/1/2(2-12), 66/10(6-5), 46/21(4-16), 47/25/1(3-17), 47/16(8-0). The land of the petitioner was sought to be acquired by the respondents by issuing successive notification under Section 4 of the Act. However, these notifications were allowed to lapse and ultimately land was sought to be acquired by the respondents by issuing notifications on 4.11.1977 (Annexure P-5) and 1.1.1980 (Annexure P-7) under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for brevity the 'Act') respectively. The petitioner filed CWP No.2343 of 1983 before this Court and dispossession of the petitioner was stayed vide order dated 10.5.1983. During the pendency of the instant writ petition, the respondent-State sought to acquire the land of the petitioner again by issuing fresh notifications on CWP No.2343 of 1983 (O&M) 2 7.12.1992 and 3.12.1993 under Sections 4 and 6 of the Act respectively, for a public purpose, namely, for the development and utilization of land as residential, industrial and roads in Sector 31, Faridabad under the Haryana Urban Development Authority Act, 1977. The petitioner has challenged the aforementioned notifications by filing CWP No.17298 of 1995. Mr. Puneet Bali, learned counsel for the petitioner, has very fairly submitted that in view of the fact that the acquisition of land challenged vide CWP No.2343 of 1983 is also covered under CWP No.17298 of 1995, therefore, the present writ petition has become infructuous. Ordered accordingly. (JASBIR SINGH) JUDGE May 18, 2011 (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) ps JUDGE