RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J.

1. The petitioners were the owners in possession of the land measuring 23 Bigha 01 Biswas (Pukhta), situated in village Mangwal, Tehsil and District Sangrur. Out of the aforesaid land, land measuring 2451.32 sq. yards each of petitioners No.1 to 3 and land measuring 612.79 sq. yards each of petitioners No.4 & 5 was acquired by the Government of India for the purpose of widening/four-lanning lane of the National Highway No.64 from 50.700 KM to 209.500 KM on Patiala-Sangrur-Bathinda Section in District Sangrur, vide notification dated 25.05.2012, issued under Section 3-A(1) of the National Highways Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the NH Act), followed by the notification dated 03.05.2013, issued under Section 3-D(1) of the NH Act, for which the award was announced on 15.01.2014 and the petitioners No.1 to 3 were paid Rs. 1,13,71,546/- each and petitioners No.4 and 5 were paid`28,42,886/- each for their acquired land. The compensation was paid to the petitioners by way of different cheques in the month of November and December, 2014 and separate certificates were issued to each of the petitioners by respondent No.3. One of the certificates dated 25