215 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: February 19, 2026 M/S VIPUL SEZ DEVELOPERS PVT LTD ........Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Aashish Chopra, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Rupa Pathania, Advocate for the petitioner.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL)

Prayer in the present civil revision petition is for issuance of direction to the learned Additional District Judge, Gurugram to decide the execution application bearing CM-309-2024, titled as “Vipul SEZ Developers Pvt. Ltd. vs. State of Haryana and Ors.” in a time bound manner.

2. Admittedly, certain land situated within revenue estate of Village Fazilpur Jharsa, Gurugram was acquired in pursuance of notification dated 11.12.2013 and 10.12.2014 issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) respectively. However, this Court disposed of a bunch of similar writ petitions while relying upon decision dated 31.08.2017 passed in CWP-4371-2015 titled as “Deepak Aggarwal and Anr. Vs. State of Haryana and Ors” holding the acquisition proceedings to have lapsed. In the interregnum, vide award No.45 dated 09.12.2016, the Land Acquisition Collector ( for short LAC) assessed the market value of the acquired land @Rs.2,89,48,163/-

per acre.

3. The aforesaid order dated 31.08.2017 passed by this Court was challenged before the Hon’ble Supreme Court and the same was set aside vide order dated 28.07.2022 passed in “HSIIDC and Ors. Vs. Deepak Aggarwal and Others”; reported as 2022 SCC OnLine SC 932. Pursuant thereto, this Court passed an order dated 27.05.2024 in CWP-6419-2015 titled as M/z Vipul Sez Developers Private Limited and Ors. Vs. State of Haryana and Ors.” maintaining and affirming the notification as well as the award dated 09.12.2016 passed by the LAC.

4. Thereafter, the petitioner filed an application bearing No.CM- 309-2024 before the learned Addl. District Judge, Gurugram, seeking release of the amount deposited by LAC, however, the same is being repeatedly adjourned.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner being aggrieved by the delay, the petitioner has filed the present revision petition for issuance of direction to the Court concerned to decide the said application expeditiously; in a time bound manner.

6. Notice of motion.

7. Ms. Komal Sharma, DAG, Haryana accepts notice on behalf of respondents-State whereas, Mr. Rajesh Gaur, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.3

8. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and gone through the paper-book.

9. A perusal of record shows that the application filed by the petitioner is pending adjudication for the past sometime and the petitioner is waiting to receive the amount of compensation on the basis of decision dated 27.05.2024 passed by this Court.

10. Apparently, delay in decision on the application filed by the petitioner is causing injustice, therefore, the learned Court is requested to dispose of the application bearing No.CM /309/2024 as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 04 months from today, as any further delay may cause serious prejudice to the rights of the petitioner-

land owner.

11. It is made clear that nothing stated herein-above shall be construed as an expression of opinion on the merits of the application filed by the petitioner.

12. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of.

19.02.2026 (HARKESH MANUJA)

Tejwinder JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether Reportable Yes/No