IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH *****

CM-1523-CI-2025 in/and RFA No. 4486-2012 (O&M)

Date of Decision: 18.05.2026 Yudhvir Singh …….Appellant Versus Punjab State and ors. ..….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. R.S. Manhas, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Gunjan Mehta, Addl.A.G., Punjab.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL)

CM-1523-CI-2026 Since the main appeal is listed today, therefore, the application for listing the case by fixing some actual date of hearing has been rendered infructuous and is disposed of as such.

MAIN CASE:

By way of present appeal, challenge has been laid to an award dated 28.03.2012 passed by the learned Reference Court-

cum-Addl. District Judge, Gurdaspur.

2. Briefly stating, in the present case, some land owned by the appellant situated in revenue estate of Village Darkua Bangla, Pathankot (erstwhile District Gurdaspur) came to be acquired vide notifications dated 07.08.1995 and 23.07.1996 issued under Sections 4 and 6 respectively of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'). The acquisition was carried out for public purpose of construction of reservoir of Ranjit Sagar Dam, Pathankot. At th