DALIP SINGH vs LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR AND ANOTHER

1 CWP-35753-2019 and other connected cases 125 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-35753-2019 and other connected cases Date of Decision: May 22, 2026 DALIP SINGH ........Petitioner Versus LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR AND ANOTHER ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Sandeep Panwar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Abhinav Kalia, DAG, Haryana. **** HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL) By way of the present petition, the petitioner prays for issuance of writ: i) In the nature of certiorari for quashing of the orders dated 21.05.2013 (Annexure P-2) and 04.09.2015 (Annexure P-4) passed by respondent No.1 i.e. Land Acquisition Collector-cum-DRO, Kaithal whereby applications preferred at the instance of petitioner(s)-landowner(s) under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’). ii) In the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release compensation for the acquired land of the petitioner as per judgment dated 12.03.2014 (Annexure P-3) passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. 2. Briefly stating, some land owned by the petitioner-landowner forming part of revenue estate of village Azeemgarh, Tehsil Gulha, District