ITEM NO.40 COURT NO.3 SECTION IV-B

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s).7512/2022

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 16-09-2021

in CWP No.3804/2021 passed by the High Court Of Punjab & Haryana At

Chandigarh)

TEJPAL Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

THE STATE OF HARYANA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R.)

Date : 13-05-2022 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Jay Kishor Singh, AOR

Mr. Mohit Raj, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

We decline to interfere in this special leave

petition, as we find that the High Court has recorded finding

of fact that possession of the subject land had already been

taken on 16.07.2007.

In that view of the matter, the relief of lapsing of

acquisition proceedings cannot be countenanced in light of the

exposition of the Constitution Bench of this Court in Indore

Development Authority vs. Manoharlal & Ors. reported in (2020)

8 SCC 129.

Despite rejection of this petition, it will be open to the

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Digitally signed by

NEETU KHAJURIA

Date: 2022.05.17

18:49:42 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

petitioner to pursue remedy under Section 101-A of the Right to

Fair Compensation and Transparency in land Acquisition,

Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, as applicable to the

State of Haryana. That be considered by the appropriate

authority expeditiously on its own merits and in accordance

with law keeping in mind the dictum in C.A. Nos. 2714-2715 of

2021 titled as "Raghubir Singh & Anr. Etc. vs. State of Haryana

Etc. and connected matters" decided on 15.07.2021.

The special leave petition is disposed of accordingly.

Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.

(NEETU KHAJURIA)

COURT MASTER

(VIDYA NEGI)

COURT MASTER

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