KASHMIR SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The challenge in the present writ petition is to the notifications dated 30.06.2010 (Annexure P-4) issued under Section 4 and dated 29.06.2011 (Annexure P-7) issued under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short 'the Act'), inter alia on the following grounds:

(2.) In respect of second argument, it is argued that Sections 4 and 6 of the Act recite that the land is being acquired for Sector 13, Gohana under the Haryana Urban Development Authority Act, 1977 by the Haryana Urban Development Authority. It is contended that the notifications under Sections 4 and 6 of the Act do not disclose; whether the land is being acquired for residential, commercial or institutional purpose, therefore, the notifications do not satisfy the test of acquisition for public purpose, as contemplated by the law.

(3.) Sections 4 and 6 of the Act contemplate that the appropriate Government may acquire land for any public purpose. The public purpose is defined in Section 3(f) of the Act, which inter alia includes:-