BALBIR SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

238-Urgent IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 16662 of 2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 25.05.2026 Balbir Singh .......... Petitioner Versus Union of India and others .......... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Chander Kant Rana, Advocate with Mr. Digvijay Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. **** HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL) In the present petition, the limited relief sought is for issuance of directions to the respondents for grant of 100% solatium alongwith interest to the petitioners as per the provisions of Section 30 and The First Schedule of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (for short, “2013 Act”) for the land acquired under the National Highways Act, 1956 (for short “1956 Act”) in view of the guidelines dated 28.12.2017 framed by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH), Govt. of India. [2] In short, the stand of the petitioner is that certain land owned by him was acquired by the National Highway Authority of India vide Notification under Section 3(A) of the 1956 Act issued on 05.07.2013, followed by declaration/notificat