Civil Writ Petition No.5298 of 2006(O&M 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 17.03.2011 Mr. Lalit Kumar Jain and others …..Petitioners versus The State of Haryana and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: Mr. Sanjay Kaushal, Advocate, for the petitioners Mr.Kamal Sehgal, Addl.A.G. Haryana for the respondents Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) In this writ petition, notifications issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act) read with Section 17 of the Act on 17.9.2004 and 27.10.2004 respectively are under challenge. Vide the notifications mentioned above, land was acquired for a public purpose, namely, “for setting up of Chaudhary Devi Lal Industrial Model Township, Phase-V, Manesar”. Civil Writ Petition No.5298 of 2006(O&M 2 This writ petition was admitted. Subsequent thereto, CWP No.17108 of 2004, along with many other cases was allowed by the Learned Single Judge. Thereafter, the State of Haryana came in appeal by filing LPA No.504 of 2010. Petitioners moved an application (CM No.15397 of 2009) in CWP No.17281 of 2004 with a prayer that the writ petition be disposed of in terms of an order passed in CWP No.17108 of 2004 (Tara Chand and others v. State of Haryana and others). In the meantime, order has been pronounced in appeal filed by the State i.e. LPA No.504 of 2010 titled as State of Haryana and others v. Tara Chand and others, order passed by the learned Single Judge has been modified and notification under Section 6 read with Section 17 of the Act was quashed and an opportunity was given to the land owners to file objections and it was directed that thereafter acquisition proceedings be completed as per law. In view of above facts, this writ petition is also disposed of in terms of an order passed in LPA No.504 of 2010 titled as State of Haryana and others v. Tara Chand and others on 28.1.2011. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 17.03.2011 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) Judge DKC