IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6416 of 2011 Date of decision: 08.04.2011 Prince Sharma …..Petitioner versus Union of India and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: Mr.A.S.Sukhija, Advocate for the petitioner Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) This order will dispose of CWP Nos.6416 and 6418 of 2011, involving similar question of law and facts. For facility of reference, facts are being taken from CWP No.6416 of 2011. This writ petition has been filed with a prayer to quash a notification, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, the Act) on 2.8.2006, proposing to acquire a big chunk of land, including 8 kanal 16 marla land owned by the petitioner, for a public purposes, namely, ‘for the provision of City level infrastructure the regulated urban development of area between Chandigarh and Manimajra, the planned development and expansion of Chandigarh Technological Park’. Further challenge has been laid to a declaration, issued under Section 6 of the Act on 28.2.2007 and the award passed on 26.2.2009. It is apparent on record that the notifications under Sections 4 and 6 of the Act were issued on 2.8.2006 and 28.2.2007. The petitioner Civil Writ Petition No.6416 of 2011 remained satisfied with the acquisition proceedings, did not lay challenge to those proceedings at an appropriate time. Award was passed on 26.2.2009. Even then no attempt was made to lay challenge to the acquisition proceedings. When exercising powers under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, equity will not accrue in favour of a person who was sleeping and failed to exercise his rights if any, at an appropriate time. Lethargic attitude of the petitioner is writ large in this case. In view of ratio of judgment of the Hon’ble Court in Swaran Lata etc. v. State of Haryana and others AIR 2010 Supreme Court 1664, no case is made out for interference. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 08.04.2011 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) gk Judge 2