IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Civil Writ Petition No.3466 of 2024 Date of Decision: 12.11.2024 _____________________________________________________________________

Hukam Chand ……...Petitioner Versus Union of India and Others …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? Yes.

For the Petitioner: Mr. B.S. Chauhan, Senior Advocate, with Mr. B.S. Attri, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. Rajinder Thakur, Central Govt. Counsel, for respondent No.1.

Ms. Shreya Chauhan, Advocate, for respondent No.2.

Mr. Vishal Panwar, learned Additional Advocate General, for respondent No.3/State.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

Precisely, the question, which needs to be determined in the instant proceedings is “whether Sub-Divisional Officer-cum- Competent Authority-cum-Land Acquisition Collector (hereinafter, ‘CALA’), who after having passed Award becomes functus offico, can review the award passed by it, in the absence of statutory powers of review under the National Highways Act, 1956, that too after a lapse of more than one year?”

2. Precisely, the grouse of the petitioner, as h