IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 13.11.2025 ZILE SINGH ......Appellant Vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR. ...Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Karan Bhardwaj, Advocate with Mr. Ishaan, Advocate for the appellant/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 Award dated 15.05.1998 passed by the learned Addl. District Judge, Sonipat (hereinafter to be referred as the ‘Reference Court’), whereby Reference Petition filed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the 1894 Act’) at the instance of the appellant-landowner was dismissed being barred by limitation.

[2]. Briefly stating, some land owned by the appellant/landowner situated within the revenue estate of village Garhi Brahman, Tehsil and District Sonipat, came to be acquired vide Notifications dated 16.12.1988 and 13.12.1989 issued under Sections 4 & 6 of the 1894 Act respectively for the public purpose namely for the development and utilization of land as Residential and Commercial area in Sector 23 Sonipat. An Award was passed by the Land Acquisition Co