IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 25919 of 2024 (O&M)

Date of Decision: 09.12.2025 Chander Pal Singh and others .......... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others .......... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Ram Bilas Gupta, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Abhinav Kalia, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for respondent Nos. 1 & 3.

Mr. Harmanjot Singh Gill, Advocate for respondent No. 2-HSVP.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL)

CM-18305-CWP-2025 Prayer in the present application moved on behalf of the applicants-petitioners, is for preponing the date of hearing of main case from

08.01.2026 to an earlier date.

Learned counsel for the applicants-petitioners contends that similarly situated landowners have already been granted the benefit in question, thus prayer is for preponing the matter.

Notice of the application.

On asking of the Court, Mr. Abhinav Kalia, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 & 3, whereas Mr. Harmanjot Singh Gill, Advocate, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 2-HSVP. They raise no objection against the prayer made in the application.

In view of the above, present application is allowed and with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the main case is taken on board today itself.

MAIN CASE The petitioners, by way of present petition, seek issuance of directions to the respondents to pay the compensation of their acquired land, as per judgment dated 11.03.2019 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Civil Appeal No. 2736 of 2019, titled “Balwant Singh (D) Through LRs Gurbinder Singh Versus The State of Haryana & Others” especially in accordance with the terms set out by respondent No. 3-Land Acquisition Collector, HSVP, Urban Estate, Faridabad (for brevity “LAC”)

vide its award/order dated 24.12.2013 (Annexure P-1).

[2] Briefly stating, the land owned by the petitioners, situated within the revenue estate of Village Ajronda, Tehsil and District Faridabad was acquired vide Notification dated 03.07.1995 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter to be referred as “1894 Act”) followed by Notification dated 02.07.1996 issued under Section 6 thereof. An award under Section 11 dated 29.06.1998 was passed by LAC. Being aggrieved, certain other landowners preferred reference under Section 18 of the 1894 Act whereby compensation was re-assessed @ Rs.795/- per square yard vide award dated 13.05.2013 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Faridabad.

[3] The petitioners being the landowners relating to the same acquisition proceedings preferred reference under Section 28-A of the 1894 Act. During its pendency, other landowners, who had earlier preferred reference under Section 18 of the 1894 Act, wherein compensation was re- assessed @ Rs.795/- per square yard vide award dated 13.05.2013, assailed the same. While such appeals were pending, the LAC, vide its award dated 24.12.2013 disposed off the application filed under Section 28-A of the 1894 Act by the petitioners by granted them the benefit of similar compensation i.e Rs.795/- per square yard having noticed the decision dated 06.10.2010 passed by this Court in the Regular First Appeal No. 2392 of 1997 preferred at the instance of other landowners whereby though the award passed by the learned Reference Court was maintained however the adjudicatory proceedings in terms thereof were still subjudice.

[4] The petitioners have filed representation dated 14.08.2021 (Annexure P-3) before the LAC for release of the compensation of the acquired land, but no action has been taken. Hence, the present writ petition. [5] In the present writ petition, it has been prayed that as an outcome of the pending adjudicatory process, the compensation now stands finally re-assessed by the Hon’ble Apex Court vide its decision dated 11.03.2019 passed in Balwant Singh’s case (supra), whereby the market value of the lands situated