2024 INSC 951
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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 13348 OF 2024
(Arising out of SLP(C) No.12221 of 2022)
BANWARI AND OTHERS …APPELLANTS(S)
VERSUS
HARYANA STATE INDUSTRIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED (HSIIDC) AND ANOTHER …RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
B.R. GAVAI, J. 1. Leave granted.
2. This appeal challenges the judgment and order dated
25th November 2021 passed by the learned Single Judge of
the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in
CWP No. 19814 of 2021 (O&M), whereby the writ petition
filed by respondent No.1 under Articles 226/227 of the
Constitution of India praying for a writ of certiorari for
quashing the order passed by the District Revenue Officer-
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cum-Land Acquisition Collector, Jhajjar (hereinafter referred
to as “LAC”) dated 15th September 2020, came to be allowed.
3. The facts, in brief, giving rise to the present appeal are
as under:
3.1 By a notification under Section 4 of the Land
Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as “1894 Act”)
dated 17th November 2004, the land of the appellants
admeasuring 8 Kanal 17 Marla of village Majri, Tehsil
Bahadurgarh, District Jhajjar was acquired for Kundli
Manesar Palwal Expressway. By an award dated 1st March
2006, a compensation of Rs.12,50,000/- per acre was
determined...