IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.103 CWP-12998-2006 (O&M)

Date of decision: 06.03.2026 Mukesh and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK SIBAL HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE LAPITA BANERJI Present: Mr. Akshay Jindal, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sandeep Jain, Advocate Mr. Sachin Jain, Advocate and Mr. Jatinder Singh Bagga – GPA of the petitioners.

Mr. Saurabh Mago, DAG, Haryana.

Mr. Ankur Mittal, Senior Advocate with Ms. Kushaldeep K. Manchanda, Advocate Mr. Siddharth Arora, Advocate Ms. Ashna Singh, Advocate and Ms. Sharvi Dadhwal, Advocate for respondent No.3 – HSVP.

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DEEPAK SIBAL, J. (Oral)

1. The primary challenge made through this petition was to the acquisition of the petitioners' land in question over which the petitioners have constructed a marriage palace. However, when the matter came up for hearing, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners do not press this petition with regard to the challenge made by them to the acquisition of their land as also to the seeking of a direction to the State to de-notify the petitioners' acquired land in question and through an affidavit dated 06.03.2026, filed on the petitioners' behalf sought some time for the petitioners to hand over vacant possession of the land in question to the respondent – Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (for short –

HSVP) – the beneficiary department.

Accepting the afore alternate prayer made on the petitioners'

behalf, learned counsel appearing for the respondents agreed to grant the petitioners time till 01.04.2026 to hand over vacant possession of the land in question to the HSVP. It was further agreed that till 01.04.2026, in the interests of its customers who had already made bookings and made advance payments, the petitioners be also permitted to carry out commercial activities on the land in question.

2. The operative part of the affidavit dated 06.03.2026, filed on behalf of the petitioners in Court today, which is ordered to be taken on the record, reads as follows:-

“4. That in compliance of the aforesaid order passed by this Hon'ble Court, the deponent undertakes to -

(a) Handover vacant possession of land in question on or before 01.04.2026.

(b) will not carry out any commercial activity on the land proposed to be acquired, except events on the following dates for which bookings have already been taken from the customers-

3. In the light of the afore consensus between the parties, we dispose of this petition but only after directing that the petitioners to remain bound by their affidavit dated 06.03.2026.

4. It is clarified that the disposal of this petition would not in any way be an impediment in the way of the petitioners to seek rehabilitation in terms of the applicable policy, if any, of the State of Haryana.

(DEEPAK SIBAL)

JUDGE (LAPITA BANERJI JUDGE March 06, 2026 Jyoti 1