286 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH HARYANA STATE INDUSTRIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CHET RAM AND OTHERS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE Present: Mr. Ms. Surbhi Rana, Advocate Mr. Chanderhas HARKESH MANUJA By way of present writ petition, prayer has been made for setting aside the order dated 20.07.2023 passed by the DRO Acquisition Collector, Jhajjar, whereby, the prayer ma respondents-landowners for award of statutory interest in terms of Section 34 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) on the amount of compensation re has been allowed. 2. Having heard learne relying upon the decision rendered by Hon’ble apex Court in India and Anr. Vs. Pradeep Kumar and Others SCC 736 as well as the decision dated 18.08.2023 passed by this Court in CWP-32035 Ors.” (along with other connected matters) decided on 31.07.2023, the legal aspect regarding the issue in hand having already been settled that the landowners are entitled to grant of statutory in Section 34 of the Act upon determination of their application/reference sought under Section 28 devoid of merits are thus, dismissed. IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: HARYANA STATE INDUSTRIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD Versus CHET RAM AND OTHERS HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Mr. Pritam Singh Saini, Advocate Ms. Surbhi Rana, Advocate for the Mr. Chanderhas Yadav, Advocate for the **** HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL) By way of present writ petition, prayer has been made for setting aside the order dated 20.07.2023 passed by the DRO Acquisition Collector, Jhajjar, whereby, the prayer ma landowners for award of statutory interest in terms of Section 34 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) on the amount of compensation re-determined under Section 28 has been allowed. Having heard learned counsel for the parties in detail and relying upon the decision rendered by Hon’ble apex Court in India and Anr. Vs. Pradeep Kumar and Others as well as the decision dated 18.08.2023 passed by this Court 32035-2019 titled as “Parkash Vs. State of Haryana and (along with other connected matters) decided on 31.07.2023, the legal aspect regarding the issue in hand having already been settled that the landowners are entitled to grant of statutory in Section 34 of the Act upon determination of their application/reference sought under Section 28-A of the Act; the present writ petitions being devoid of merits are thus, dismissed. IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-23292-2024 Date of Decision: January 13, 2026 HARYANA STATE INDUSTRIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ........Petitioner ....Respondents HARKESH MANUJA Advocate with for the petitioner. Advocate for the respondents. By way of present writ petition, prayer has been made for setting aside the order dated 20.07.2023 passed by the DRO-cum-Land Acquisition Collector, Jhajjar, whereby, the prayer made by the landowners for award of statutory interest in terms of Section 34 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) on the determined under Section 28-A of the Act d counsel for the parties in detail and relying upon the decision rendered by Hon’ble apex Court in “Union of India and Anr. Vs. Pradeep Kumar and Others” reported as “1995(2) as well as the decision dated 18.08.2023 passed by this Court “Parkash Vs. State of Haryana and (along with other connected matters) decided on 31.07.2023, the legal aspect regarding the issue in hand having already been settled that the landowners are entitled to grant of statutory interest payable under Section 34 of the Act upon determination of their application/reference A of the Act; the present writ petitions being 2024 January 13, 2026 Petitioner By way of present writ petition, prayer has been made for Land de by the landowners for award of statutory interest in terms of Section 34 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) on the A of the Act d counsel for the parties in detail and “Union of “1995(2) as well as the decision dated 18.08.2023 passed by this Court “Parkash Vs. State of Haryana and (along with other connected matters) decided on 31.07.2023, the legal aspect regarding the issue in hand having already been settled that terest payable under Section 34 of the Act upon determination of their application/reference A of the Act; the present writ petitions being TEJWINDER SINGH 2026.01.15 11:41 I agree to specified portions of this document CWP-23292-2024 -2- 3. However, considering the fact that the Special Leave to Appeal preferred at the instance of the petitioner against the determination of compensation made by learned Reference Court vide its award dated 06.04.2015, as well as by this Court vide its decision dated 31.07.2017 passed in RFA-6066-2015 and other connected matters, is sub judice before the Hon’ble Supreme Court wherein vide order dated 13.05.2024 the proceedings before the learned Executing Court have been stayed, the payment to respondents-landowners be released subject to final outcome of the Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) Nos.22571-22632-2018, along with statutory interest payable thereupon. 4. The petitioners shall be bound to release the amount within 2 months of the passing of the judgment by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the aforementioned SLP. 5. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of. 13.01.2026 (HARKESH MANUJA) Tejwinder JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether Reportable Yes/No TEJWINDER SINGH 2026.01.15 11:41 I agree to specified portions of this document