HARINDER SINGH SIDHU, J.

1. This order shall dispose of two writ petitions No.22649 and 22729 of 2011. The challenge in these writ petitions is to the notifications dated 06.04.2011 and 28.11.2011 issued under Sections 4 and 6 respectively of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short "the Act"), whereby, the land of the petitioners is sought to be acquired.

2. The arguments against the acquisition in both the petitions are broadly similar. But there are some additional arguments that have been raised in these two petitions based on the nature of the land/building sought to be acquired. As arguments were firstly addressed in CWP No.22729 of 2011 we propose to take that petition first.

CWP No. 22729 of 2011

3. The petitioner is an old lady of about 73 years of age. She is the wife of Late Major General R.K. Suri, who was awarded a Vir Chakra for display of gallantry and leadership of a high order while commanding the battalion of the Jat Regiment during the Indo-Pakistan war 1971. The Punjab government had initially promised 5 acres of land free to Gallantry Awardees, such as the petitioner's late husband, but the promise remains unfulfilled till date.

4. She is owner and in exclusive possession of land measuring 2k- 10 M comprised in Khasra Nos.12//24/2 in village Ferozepur Bangar, Tehsil Kharar, District SAS Nagar which is 50/774 share out of land measuring 38 K-14M comprised in Khasra Nos.12//23/2 (2-1), 24/2 (2-13), 25/2 (1-7), 14//3/3 (2-10), 4 (8-0),5 (8-0), 7/1 (4-9), 24/2 (1-14), 25/1 (3-16) and 8/1 (0-8). The residential house of the petitioner exists on that land. She had purchased the land along with construction thereon, from one Inderjeet Singh s/o Shri Rajbir Singh vide registered sale deed dated 28.06.2001. At that time, there was pucca A-class construction standing on the land in the name of Inderjeet Singh which is in existence till date. She has also got a regular telephone connection installed there. The Petitioner, who is Principal of a school, is living in the said house along with her son who is also an Educationalist, her daughter-in-law, who is an Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, and her two grand-daughters. It is asserted that this house is the only residential house of the petitioner.

5. The petition was filed with the averments that on 06.04.2011, the State Government issued notification under Section 4 of the Act seeking to acquire the land measuring 1213 Kanal-14 Marla (151.7125 Acre) in village Ferozepur Bangar, Tehsil Kharar, District SAS for the public purpose of "setting up of Medicity (Health Facility) in village Mullanpur." The land falling in the abadi of Village Ferozepur Bangar, which is less than 100 meters from the land/house of the petitioner was not included in the said notification. The respondents did not get the substance of the notification published in the locality in accordance with the mandatory provisions of law, as a result of which, many landowners were not able to file objections under Section 5-A of he Act. The petitioner submitted detailed objections under Section 5-A of the Act to the Land Acquisition Collector, Urban Development, Punjab (respondent No.2) against the acquisition of the land in dispute. In the objections, it was stated that the land of the petitioner was situated on the main road, which leads to Kurali. The land was at short distance from the Abadi. It was also urged that the boundary of the Air Force Satellite Base was at a distance of 300 meters from the land of the petitioner. It was also stated that the petitioner was a senior citizen and the acquisition was of her only house. Respondent No.2 fixed the hearing of the objections filed under Section 5-A of the Act. However, instead of hearing each objector individually, respondent No.2 held a joint hearing of all the objectors, which was really an eyewash. They were assured that the land havi