Varinder Sandhu vs State of Haryana - 2023 Supreme(P&H) 2269

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2023 Supreme(P&H) 2269

SURESHWAR THAKUR, KULDEEP TIWARI
Varinder Sandhu – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Anubhav Bansal, and Mr. Arun Bansal, Advocates; For the Petitioner
Mr. Ankur Mittal, Addl. A.G., Haryana with Mr. Saurabh Mago, DAG, Haryana.

Table of Content
1. petitioner's request for quashing land acquisition. (Para 1)
2. relief claims rejected based on constructive res judicata. (Para 2 , 4)
3. doctrine of estoppel applies due to earlier petition. (Para 3 , 6 , 8)
4. petitioner's claims of discrimination due to unequal treatment. (Para 5 , 7)
5. writ petition dismissed with costs. (Para 9)

JUDGMENT

Mr. Sureshwar Thakur, J.

Through the instant writ petition, the petitioner claims relief for quashing of the acquisition proceedings, as became drawn under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act of 1894'). The secondary relief, as asked for in the instant writ petition, relates to a mandamus being made upon the respondent(s) concerned to, thus in terms of Section 101 -A of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act of 2013'), as became incorporated therein through Haryana Act No.21 of 2018, and, which was made applicable retrospectively from the year 2014, thus release the acquired lands from acquisition, but obviously on the ground, that the acquired lands are both unessential and enviable for th

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