208 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH BANSI LAL WADEHRA THROUGH HIS STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE Present: Mr. HARKESH MANUJA By way of present the Constitution of India, prayer has been made for of the reference petition filed at the Section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’), in a time bound manner. [2]. Briefly stating, in Rect. No.18 Killa No.5 min came to be acq dated 13.01.2010 and 25.01.2010 issued Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the ‘1894 Act’) respectively for the public purpose, namely, roads Sector 99 to 115 at Gurgaon Act was passed by the Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘the LAC’) on 31.03.2010, whereby per acre, along with all other under the 1894 Act. IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: BANSI LAL WADEHRA THROUGH HIS LR Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Mr. Ashish Jhamb, Advocate for the **** HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL) By way of present revision petition the Constitution of India, prayer has been made for of the reference petition filed at the instance of the petitioner under Section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as a time bound manner. Briefly stating, land measuring 4 kanals 10 marlas in Rect. No.18 Killa No.5 min came to be acq 13.01.2010 and 25.01.2010 issued under Sections 4 & 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the ‘1894 Act’) respectively for the public purpose, namely, “for development and utilization of land for sector 99 to 115 at Gurgaon”. Award under Section 11 of the 1894 Act was passed by the Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘the LAC’) on , whereby the market value was assessed @ Rs. along with all other statutory benefits and int under the 1894 Act. IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR-2536-2026 Date of Decision: March 19, 2026 LR-WIDOW .......Petitioner ......Respondents HARKESH MANUJA Advocate for the petitioner. revision petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, prayer has been made for expeditious disposal instance of the petitioner under Section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as nd measuring 4 kanals 10 marlas comprising in Rect. No.18 Killa No.5 min came to be acquired vide notifications under Sections 4 & 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the ‘1894 Act’) respectively for the for development and utilization of land for sector Award under Section 11 of the 1894 Act was passed by the Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘the LAC’) on market value was assessed @ Rs.60,00,000/- statutory benefits and interest provided 2026 March 19, 2026 filed under Article 227 of expeditious disposal instance of the petitioner under Section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as comprising uired vide notifications under Sections 4 & 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the ‘1894 Act’) respectively for the for development and utilization of land for sector Award under Section 11 of the 1894 Act was passed by the Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘the LAC’) on - provided TEJWINDER SINGH 2026.03.20 17:12 I agree to specified portions of this document CR-2536-2026 -2- [3]. Dissatisfied with the Award passed by the LAC, the petitioner(s)/landowner(s) invoked Reference under Section 18 of the 1894 Act read with Section 30 thereof, seeking enhancement of compensation and also with respect to apportionment thereof. [4]. Learned counsel for the petitioner(s) submits that the reference petition is pending for the past more than 6 years and the same is being adjourned repeatedly on one account or another. He further submits that petitioner is a senior citizen aged about 88 years, and the pendency of the reference petition is thus causing grave hardship and prejudice to him. [5] I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and gone through the paper-book. [6]. Considering the fact that acquisition in the present case commenced vide notification dated 31.03.2010 issued under Section 4 of the 1894 Act and the reference petition filed at the instance of petitioner on 21.01.2020 is pending for more than 6 years besides the petitioner being a senior citizen aged about 88 years, the learned Reference Court is requested to expedite the proceedings and conclude the same, preferably within six months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. [7]. In view of above, the present revision petition is disposed of. All pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of. 19.03.2026 (HARKESH MANUJA) Tejwinder JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/No TEJWINDER SINGH 2026.03.20 17:12 I agree to specified portions of this document