OM PARKASH vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

1 CWP-39172-2025 148 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-39172-2025 Date of Decision: May 22, 2026 OM PARKASH ........Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Chanderhas Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Abhinav Kalia, DAG, Haryana. **** HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL) By way of present writ petition, the short prayer made on behalf of the petitioner/landowner is for release of statutory interest in his favour on account of delayed disbursal of the amount of compensation, besides award of annuity benefits to him in accordance with the award dated 04.07.2014 passed by the Land Acquisition Collector, Urban Estate Department, Rohtak, (for short ‘the LAC’). 2. Briefly stating, some land owned by the petitioner, situated within the revenue estate of Village Jhajjar, District Jhajjar was acquired vide notifications dated 07.07.2011 and 06.07.2012 issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) respectively, for the public purpose namely, for development of Institutional and partly Commercial, road widening and green belt of Sector 10, Jhajjar. Award