IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 23.01.2025 Date of Decision : February 05, 2024 MOHAN SINGH AND ANOTHER ...Petitioners V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURESHWAR THAKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI Present : Mr. Mohan Singh-Petitioner No.1 in person.

Mr. Pravindra Singh Chauhan, Advocate General, Haryana with Mr. Ankur Mittal, Addl. AG, Haryana Mr. P.P. Chahar, Sr. DAG, Haryana and Mr. Saurabh Mago, DAG, Haryana.

Mr. Ankur Mittal, Advocate with Ms. Kushaldeep Kaur, Advocate, Ms. Saanvi Singla, Advocate and Mr. Siddharth Arora, Advocate for HSIIDC.

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SURESHWAR THAKUR, J.

1. Through the instant writ petition the petitioners pray for the quashing of notifications, as became respectively issued, 28.10.2013 and, on 27.10.2014 (Annexure P-1 and P-4), notifications whereof become respectively issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act of 1894”).

FACTS OF THE CASE

2. The State Government through the Department of Industries issued notification dated 23.12.2005 under Section 4 of the Act of 1894, for acquisition of land measuring 278 acres 1 kanal 1 marla of vi