IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

210 Date of Decision:28.11.2025 ASHISH VERMA AND ANOTHER ......Petitioners Vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Raj Karan Singh Verka, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Karunesh Kaushal, Asstt. A.G., Punjab.

Mr. Maninder Singh Garcha, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Pradeep Sharma, Advocate Ms. Priyanka Malik, Advocate and Ms. Mehak Kanwar, Advocate for respondent No.2.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J. (Oral)

[1]. Short reply by way of affidavit of Sh. Hardeep Singh, Land acquisition Collector, Urban Development, PUDA Bhawan, on behalf of respondent Nos.1 and 3 has been filed in Court, the same is taken on record.

[2]. By way of present writ petition, prayer has been made for issuance of directions to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to re-determine and award to the petitioners the enhanced compensation pari passu the learned Reference Court Award dated

31.01.2024 passed in LAC No.33 of 2017.

[3]. Briefly stating, in the present case, some land owned by the petitioners, situated within the revenue estate of village Hoshiarpur, Tehsil Kharar, District S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), came to be acquired vide Notif