IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 30.03.2026 HARBHAJAN SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) TH. HIS LR. AND ORS.

.....Appellants Vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS. ..Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Sandeep Singh, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Puru Jarewal, D.A.G., Punjab.

Mr. Rajbir Singh, Advocate for respondent Nos.7 to 9.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J. (Oral)

[1]. By way of present appeal, challenge has been laid to the judgment dated 31.08.2021 passed by the learned Addl. District Judge, Tarn Taran, (hereinafter to be referred as the ‘Reference Court’), whereby reference petition preferred at the instance of appellant(s)/landowner(s) having invoked Section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the 1894 Act’), was dismissed.

[2]. Briefly stating, one S. Parduman Singh was the owner of land measuring 872 Kanals 18 Marlas forming part of the revenue estate of village Goindwal, Tehsil and District Tarn Taran. Parduman Singh had two sons, namely, Bawa Gurmukh Singh and Bawa Maharaj Singh. After the death of Parduman Singh, the aforementioned land was inherited by his two sons in equal shares i