217 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 09.04.2026 Urmila & Ors ... 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. Rajender Singh Malik, 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 for respondent Nos.2 and 3.

ALKA SARIN, J. (Oral)

1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the notification dated 20.01.2003 (Annexure P-2) issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘1894 Act’) and the notification dated 16.01.2004 (Annexure P-3) issued under Section 6 of the 1894 Act on the ground that the acquisition proceedings have lapsed in view of the provisions of Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘2013 Act’). No challenge has been laid to the award dated 1