NIRDOSH AND OTHERS vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

CWP-25399-2022 (O&M) --1-- 193 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-25399-2022 (O&M) Decided on:-18.05.2026 Nirdosh and others ....Petitioners.. vs. Union of India and others ....Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Manoj Kaushik, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Komal Sharma, DAG, Haryana, for respondents No.3 and 4. ***** HARKESH MANUJA J. (Oral) 1. By way of present writ petition, prayer has been made for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to grant statutory benefits as prescribed under Sections 23(1-A), 23(2) & 28 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) on account of acquisition of the land owned by the petitioners, situated in the revenue estate of village Khtaila, Tehsil Hodal District Palwal, Haryana, vide notification dated 26.11.2009 issued under Section 3A of National Highways Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘1956 Act’) followed by an award dated 26.04.2012 (Annexure P-1), for the purpose of six laning/ widening of the National Highway-2 (Delhi-Agra stretch). 2. In support of the relief sought in the present petition, learned counsel for the petitioners has