RAJESH BINDAL, J.

1. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition challenging the award dated 01.10.1986 passed by the Land Acquisition Tribunal, Ludhiana Improvement Trust, Ludhiana (for short 'the Tribunal') determining the amount of compensation.

2. The land belonging to the late father of the petitioner was acquired vide notification dated 08.08.1976 issued under Section 36 of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 (for short 'the Act'). Notification under Section 42 of the Act was issued on 24.11.1978. Though the other land owners filed writ petitions in this Court challenging the award of the Tribunal and seeking further enhancement of the compensation, however, the petitioner could not avail of the remedy as his father had expired on 27.01.1982, prior to the award of the Tribunal. A bunch of petitions seeking enhancement of the compensation were decided by this Court vide detailed judgment in CWP No.4890 of 1986 titled 'Prem Gupta Vs. The Improvement Trust and another decided on 16.05.2006 enhancing the compensation from different rates awarded by the Tribunal to Rs.39/- per square yard along with interest and solatium.

3. The claim in this petition is that the l