IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.9771 of 2011 Date of decision: 30.05.2011 Om Lata …..Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: Mr.V.B. Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) Regarding land, subject matter of acquisition, an award was passed on 31.8.2010. It is stated by the petitioner that as per the provisions of Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act), she had moved an application on 30.9.2010(P1), claiming higher amount of compensation. It is her grievance that despite many requests made, respondent No.3 has not referred that application for adjudication to the competent Court. Taking note of facts and circumstances of this case, this writ petition is disposed of by issuing directions to respondent No.3 to look into grievance of the petitioner and if averment made is found to be correct, the officer concerned shall refer application filed by the petitioner under Section 18 of the Act (P1) to the competent Court, within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If to the contrary, it is found that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief claimed, respondent No.3 is directed to pass an appropriate order and hand-over a copy of the same to the petitioner. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 30.05.2011 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) gk Judge