CWP No. 1898 of 2007 26.09.2008 Present: Mr. B.S. Chauhan, counsel for the petitioner. Mr. R.M. Bisht and Mr. Rajesh Mandhotra, Deputy Advocate Generals, for the respondents. The petitioner by means of this writ petition has prayed that some portion of his land out of Khasra No. 47 measuring 00-89-86 Hectrs., situated at village Jachli, Tehsil Jubbal, Distt. Shimla, has been utilized by the State for construction of Chamaru – Jachli road, but no compensation has been paid in respect of the land utilized by the State. According to the petitioner, about two bighas of land has been utilized in the construction of the road. We are not going into the dispute regarding the extent of land utilized by the State. However, we find that the respondents alongwith the reply have filed a copy of the letter of the Chief Engineer(South) dated 23.4.2008, whereby some land of the petitioner was sought to be acquired, in view of the filing of the present writ petition. Almost more than six months have elapsed since the letter was sent and we hope that land acquisition proceedings must have started. We, therefore, dispose of this writ petition with a direction that the State shall ensure that the land of the petitioner utilized in the construction of Chamaru-Jachli road is acquired in accordance with law and in terms of the letter dated 23.4.2008 and compensation is paid to him. The land acquisition proceedings be completed within a period of two years from today. The petition is disposed of. ( Deepak Gupta ), J. September 26, 2008 ( V.K. Ahuja), J. (BSS)