IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6887 of 2011 Date of decision: 21.04.2011 Randhir Singh …..Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: Mr.M.L.Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) The petitioner, by claiming that he is a Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat village Kharkhari, tehsil Faruknagar, district Gurgaon, has filed this writ petition with a prayer to quash the notifications, issued by the respondents under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act) on 25.4.2008 and 22.4.2009 respectively, proposing to acquire a vast tract of land, for a public purpose, namely, ‘for setting up of a Chaudhary Devi Lal Industrial Model Township’. Civil Writ Petition No.6887 of 2011 It is an admitted fact that the petitioner is not an owner of the land which is subject matter of dispute in this writ petition. The land is shown as a cremation ground. The petitioner has further very clearly stated in this writ petition that other members of the Gram Panchayat have refused to pass a resolution to lay challenge to the acquisition, mentioned above. If that is so, probably this writ petition is not maintainable at the instance of the petitioner. Faced with the situation, counsel for the petitioner wishes to withdraw this writ petition with a view to approach the authorities concerned with a request that the other members of the Gram Panchayat be asked to cooperate and pass a resolution to lay challenge to the acquisition in question. As prayed for, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 21.04.2011 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) gk Judge 2