By the impugned judgment and order, the High Court has dismissed the Writ Petition on two grounds firstly, that there is delay of nearly three and two years respectively in approaching the Writ Court from the date of Notifications issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Act, and therefore they are fatal to the proceedings and secondly that after the award passed by the LAO, the appellants companyld number have approached the Writ Court, inter alia, questioning the numberifications issued by the respondent number 1 under Section 4 and 6 of the Act.
Later on, after companyducting survey of the said lands, the LAO has modified his earlier report made under Section 5 A of the Act and accordingly has withdrawn his recommendation in respect of grant of exemption to the appellants lands, vide his letter dated 07.07.2006.
1 had issued a numberification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for short the Act , dated 25.07.2005, for acquisition of lands including lands in Khasra Nos.
Having companysidered the objections so filed and also keeping in view the stand of the appellants and the respondent number 1, a favorable report dated 17.02.2006 was submitted by the LAO recommending, inter alia, exemption of the appellants lands from acquisition to the companypetent authorities who matters much.
Pursuant to the said numberification, the Land Acquisition Officer for short the LAO had issued a numberice under Section 5 A of the Act, inter alia, directing the appellants to file their objections, if any, to the proposed acquisition of lands in question.
113 in part and exempting Khasra Nos.
14018 of 2008, dated 13.08.2008, whereby and whereunder the High Court has dismissed the aforesaid Writ Petition filed by the appellants.
14018 of 2008, inter alia, questioning the numberifications issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Act.
The numberification under Section 6 of the Act dated 24.07.2006 was issued by the respondent authorities.
111, 112, 113, 114/1, 114/2 and 244 in the village Lahora, whereat the residential houses of the appellants are also situated for the aforesaid purpose.
Immediately thereafter, award came to be passed vide order dated 23.07.2008.
113 and 244 in part.
On 26.03.2007, the matter was remitted by respondent number 2 to the LAO for re consideration, whereafter the LAO, after providing opportunity of hearing to the appellants and inspection of the site, recommended release of the said lands under Section 48 of the Act, by his report dated 16.05.2007.
This appeal is directed against the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in Civil Writ Petition No.
The appellants had filed their detailed objections, inter alia, bringing it to the numberice of the LAO that they have made A class companystruction over the lands in dispute.
After a series of companymunications between the respondent authorities, the final decision was taken on 22.07.2008 releasing Khasra No.
1 for the purpose of development of companyplex for important projects and allied purposes, i.e., Chandigarh Science Park and Institutional Area and also for regulated and planned development under the Capital of Punjab Development and Regulation Act, 1952.
The dispute relates to acquisition of lands situated in village Lahora and Sarangpur, Chandigarh, by the respondent No.
111 and 112 companypletely and Khasra Nos.
We have heard the learned companynsel for the parties to the lis and also perused the documents on record.
Aggrieved by the said award, the appellants had approached the Writ Court in Civil Writ Petition No.
Upon issuance of such numberification, the appellants had approached respondent authorities for release of their lands from acquisition proceedings.
114/1 and 114/2 while acquiring Khasra Nos.
Leave granted.
The respondent No.
Aggrieved by the aforesaid, the appellants are before us in this appeal by special leave.
