PARDEEP SINGH PATHANIA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

196 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 38357 of 2025 (O&M) Date of Decision: 06.05.2026 Pardeep Singh Pathania .......... Petitioner Versus Union of India and others .......... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Randhir Singh Manhas, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Dharm Chand Mittal, Sr. Panel Counsel, UOI for respondent Nos. 1 & 2. Mr. Puru Jarewal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent Nos. 3 & 4. **** HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL) The petitioner-landowner, by way of present writ petition, seeks quashing of an order dated 17.07.2023 (Annexure P-7) passed by respondent No. 3 [Special Land Acquisition Collector (previously camp at Rani Ka Bagh, Amritsar), now Sub Divisional Magistrate, Pathankot], whereby his application under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “1894 Act”) stands dismissed being barred by limitation. FACTS [2] Briefly stating, some land owned by the petitioner-landowner forming part of the revenue estate of Village Pangoli, Tehsil & District Pathankot came to be acquired for the public purpose, i.e. for defence purposes, vide notifications of even date i.e., 22.02