IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 02.04.2026 Krishan Kumar & Anr ... Petitioner(s)

Versus State of Haryana & Ors ... Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH CHANDER DIMRI Present : Mr. Ravinder Singh Saroha, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Saurabh Mago, DAG Haryana for respondent Nos.1 and 4.

Mr. Ankur Mittal, Senior Advocate with Ms. Kushaldeep Kaur, Advocate, Mr. Siddhanth Arora, Advocate, Ms. Ashna Singh, Advocate and Ms. Sharvi Dadhwal, Advocate for respondent Nos.2, 3 and 5.

ALKA SARIN, J. (Oral)

1. The prayer in the present writ petition is for issuance of writ of certiorari for quashing the notification dated 22.06.2006 (Annexure P-1) issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘1894 Act’) and the declaration/notification dated 20.06.2007 (Annexure P-2) issued under Section 6 of the 1894 Act and the order dated 29.11.2016 (Annexure P-9) vide which respondent No.2 has declined to release the land of the petitioners.

2. Briefly, the facts relevant to the present lis are that the petitioners are co-sharers in the land comprised in Khewat Nos.121/1 and 122, Kha