HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU WP(C) No. 1746/2024 Suraj Prakash, S/O Sh. Ishwar Dass, R/O Kotli Bajalian Nomai Kundoorian, Katra, District Reasi, through his attorney Devinder Mohan, S/O Bikham Chand, R/O 29/30 B-C Gandhi Nagar, Jammu Date of pronouncement: 29.09.2026 Date of uploading: 29.09.2026 …..Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through: Mr. Farhan Mirza, Advocate vs 1. Union Territory of J&K through Commissioner/Secy, Revenue Department, Civil Secretariat, Jammu/Srinagar 2. Dy. Commissioner, Jammu 3. Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Jammu (Collector Land Acquisition) 4. Tehsildar, Jammu (HQ). 5. Project Director NHAI, Jammu, H. No. 315, Sector-I, Channi Himmat, Jammu .…. Respondent(s) Through: Ms. Nisha Kangotra, Advocate vice Ms. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M A CHOWDHARY, JUDGE ORDER (ORAL) (29.09.2026) 1. Petitioner, through the medium of this petition, seeks direction upon respondents to release compensation assessed with respect to his land measuring 0.3288 hectares (comprising of Survey No. 60 situated at Village Majeen, Sidhra Jammu), allegedly acquired for the construction of Expressway NH-NES, Delhi to Katra, under Sections 3-G and 3-H of the National Highways Act, 1956, in his favour directing respondent No. 2 to transfer the amount in his bank account along with Serial No. 161 2 WP(C) No. 1746/2024 interest payable to the petitioner from the date the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), has acquired the aforementioned land. 2. The petitioner, however, has not placed on record the copy of the Award, however, a copy of representation dated 18.04.2024 made by his attorney Davinder Mohan made to Deputy Commissioner, Jammu for payment of compensation, has been placed on record. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that petitioner shall be satisfied if his petition is disposed of at this stage, with direction to consider the petitioner’s plea with regard to his claim to the compensation of his aforestated land having been used by the NHAI for construction of Delhi-Katra Expressway. 3. Learned counsel for respondent Nos. 1 to 4 submits that the respondents shall not be in a position to file any reply to the petition without the copy of the Award being placed on record by the petitioner. 4. Be that as it may. On the basis of the pleadings of the petition and the averments made therein and the submissions urged at the Bar, this petition is disposed of at this motion stage with a direction to respondent No. 2, Deputy Commissioner, Jammu to consider the representation filed by the petitioner through his attorney for redressal of his grievance and in case, his landed property has been acquired for the construction of the Expressway and figures in the award passed, the compensation to which the petitioner is found entitled to, be released in his favour. 3 WP(C) No. 1746/2024 5. This petition is, accordingly, disposed of, on the above terms, along with connected application(s). Interim direction, if any, shall stand vacated. (M A CHOWDHARY) JUDGE Jammu 29.09.2026 Vishal Sharma