P.C.Jain, J.

1. The petitioner is the owner of land measuring 16 Kanals comprised in Khasra No. 10 (8 Kanals 0 Marla and 11 (8 Kanals 0 Marla) of Rectangle No. 31 situate in the revenue estate of Ratgal, Tehsil Thanesar, District Kurukshetra. Originally, the petitioner was the owner of 176 Kanals of land in this village out of which 160 Kanals had been acquired by the State from time to time and he is left with only the aforesaid 16 Kanals of land which is in his possession. The petitioner submitted an application to the Director, Town and Country Planning Department, Haryana, under the Controlled Areas Act for permitting him to use the aforesaid lands for residential purposes, but the prayer was declined and his appeal to the Director was also rejected.

2. It is further averred in the petition that the State of Haryana issued a notification No. LAC(P)-72/NTLA/2124, dated 3rd November, 1972, published in the Haryana Government Gazette (Extraordinary) dated 3rd November, 1972, under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) in respect of 3000 acres of land situated in villages Bazidpur, Bir Pipli, Pipli, Devidaspura, Umri, Palwal, Sunde