IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 08.09.2025 RAJINDER KUMAR ......Appellant Vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS. ...Respondent(s).

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Sushil K. Sharma, Advocate for the appellants/landowner.

Mr. Abhinash Jain, D.A.G., Haryana.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J. (Oral)

[1]. By way of present appeal, challenge has been laid to the decision dated 06.02.2006 passed by the learned Addl. District Judge, Hisar (hereinafter to be referred as the ‘Reference Court’), whereby Reference Petition filed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) at the instance of landowner was rejected being barred by limitation.

[2]. Briefly stating, in the present case, some land owned by the appellant/landowner situated within the revenue estate of village Hisar Hadbast No.146, Tehsil and District Hisar, came to be acquired vide Notifications dated 20.08.1992 and 17.08.1993 issued under Sections 4 & 6 of the Act respectively for the public purpose of development and utilization of the land for residential purposes, followed by Award No.1 passed by the Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘the LAC’) on 19.01.1995 i