AMRITPAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS order shall dispose of CWP Nos. 17794 of 2006 and 654 of 2008 as the petitioners in both the writ petitions lay challenge to same set of acquisition notifications. However, the facts are being extracted from CWP No. 17794 of 2006.

(2.) THE petitioners seek quashing of notifications dated 30.11.2004 and 28.11.2005 issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, 'the Act') whereby their land situated in village Khairpur, Tehsil and District Sirsa has been acquired for the public purpose of development of residential and commercial Sectors at Sirsa, by Haryana Urban Development Authority. The above said acquisition includes the small size plots and residential houses of the petitioners also.

(3.) THE fact that the petitioners constructed their respective residential houses before issuance of Section 4 notification has been admitted by the respondents in para 2 of the reply on merits of the written statement dated 18.01.2007 which reads as follows: -