CWP No. 20384 of 2021 · Punjab & Haryana High Court

AM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NI E NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Advocat dvocate for the petitioners. ate for Mr. Nitin Gupta, Advocate for ill, Advocate Mr. Harmanjot Singh Gill, Ad for the respondents-HSVP. NIDHI GU GUPTA J. (Oral) Since all these contempt p mpt petitions have been filed alleging vi ing violation of the common order da rder dated 14.02.2022 (Annexure P-1) passed passed by the Division Bench of this f this Court in CWP-20384-2021 titled as “P as “Pradeep Kumar vs. State of Hary f Haryana and others”, the same are being d eing decided by way of this common o mon order. Vide order dated 14.02.2022

2.2022 (Annexure P-1), it was directed as ted as under:-

Keeping n view in v the above detailed proposed plan and the the interest of the land owners, a direction is being iss g issued that all the executing Courts in the State of H of Haryana are restrained from taking any coercive step steps, as the respondents have carved out a plan for d or depositing the compensation amount and the Refere ference Courts will accept the compensation as per per the above said proposed plan. Learned couns ounsel for respondent-HSVP further informs that du t due publication will be made with respect to the pro proposed plan for depositing compensation througho ughout the State of Haryana so that the land owners ers may be made aware with respect to the deposit o sit of compensation as per the schedule stated above. ove. A direction is being issued to the respondents to ts to comply and make the VIJAY ASIJA 2026.03.19 09.31 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document COCP Nos.4051, 4058 & 4227 of 202 f 2025 (O & M) 3 payment in accordan rdance with the above said proposed plan/priority l rity list.

Learned counsel for the res he respondents has filed status reports dat rts dated 11.03.2026 (in COCP Nos.4 Nos.4051 and 4058 of 2025) by way of af of affidavit of Shri Rakesh Saini, Saini, Estate Officer-I, HSVP, Gurugram gram on behalf of respondents No.1 No.1 and 2.

The same are taken on record. ecord. Copies thereof are supplied t plied to learned counsel for the petitioner(s ioner(s). Learned counsel for the resp e respondents contends that the petitioners ioners herein were not parties to CWP CWP-20384-2021, nor did they file any wr ny writ petition. It is further submit submitted that CWP-20384-2021 was dispos disposed of as rendered infructuous, v ous, vide order dated 02.5.2024, as the co he compensation amount was disb disbursed to the land losers concerned. erned. He further contends that som at some persons challenged the order dated r dated 14.2.2022 passed in CWP- -20384-2021 before Hon’ble Supreme C eme Court in SLP(C) No.4832 of 20 of 2022, which was disposed of vide order d order dated 31.10.2023. The relevant portion of the ord the order dated 31.10.2023 passed by Hon’bl on’ble the Supreme Court in SLP n SLP(C) No.4832 of 2022 is reproduced duced as under :- "In so far as th s the remaining land-loosers, where the payment has has not been made, we clarify that the restraint imp imposed by the High Court through the order dat dated 14.02.2022 to proceed with the execution sha shall stand vacated and the land-loosers will be be entitled to initiate such proceedings including ing execution proceedings for unt. recovery of the amount.

VIJAY ASIJA 2026.03.19 09.31 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document COCP Nos.4051, 4058 & 4227 of 202 f 2025 (O & M) 4 In cases where ere the execution proceedings have been closed in in view of the earlier order passed by the High Cou Court, the decree holder would have the liberty of of seeking revival of such petitions, which shal shall be considered by executing court and the d the matter shall be proceeded further in accordance w ce with law. Needless to men mention since the land-loosers are still agitating their eir rights to seek for receiving the compensation in res n respect of the land which have been lost by them, the e the executing courts as well as the other courts where ere the proceedings have been initiated, shall keep in ep in view this aspect of the matter and proceed ceed with the matters as expeditiously as possibl ssible. In so far as the c he contempt proceedings which are said to be pending, ing, the Courts concerned will now take note of th f the same and proceed in accordance with law.

With the above ove clarification, the petitions stand disposed of a of along with the pending y." application(s), if any. " Learned counsel for the respo respondents has further referred to the deci e decision dated 05.09.2025 passed b assed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court Court in COCP-3601-2025 titled titled as “Jagdish Singh and another vs her vs. Chander Shekhar Khare, I are, IAS and others”, wherein similar issu ar issues and facts, as involved in the in the present contempt petitions, were cons considered and decided. A copy copy of the decision dated

05.09.2025

9.2025 has been handed over in Court Court, which is taken on record. Copy there thereof has been supplied to learned rned counsel for the petitioners. It is submit submitted that the present cases are sq are squarely covered by the said VIJAY ASIJA 2026.03.19 09.31 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document COCP Nos.4051, 4058 & 4227 of 202 f 2025 (O & M) 5 decision da ion dated 05.09.2025, as the facts and cts and issues involved herein are identical. L ical. Learned counsel for the respond spondents further submits that in view of the of the order dated 05.09.2025 passed passed by the co-ordinate Bench of this Co is Court, the present contempt pet pt petitions also deserve to be issed. dismissed. Learned counsel for the petit e petitioners does not controvert the above f bove facts; as also the decision render ered in COCP-3601-2025 by co-ordinate rdinate Bench of this Court, wherein erein similar issues and facts, as involved i lved in the present contempt petitio petitions, were considered and decided. Heard. A perusal of the record shows shows that the petitioners herein were not p not party in CWP-20384-2021 and 1 and the said writ petition was disposed of sed of as rendered infructuous, since since compensation amount was delivered to ered to the land losers concerned. Th d. The restraint imposed by this court vide t vide order dated 14.02.2022 in CW in CWP-20384-2021 to proceed with the the execution stood vacated and t and the land losers were held entitled to led to initiate such proceedings includ including execution proceedings for recover ecovery of the amount. In view of the facts noticed a ticed above and the submissions made by le by learned counsel for the parties, arties, coupled with the decision rendered by ered by a co-ordinate Bench of this C this Court in the judgment dated

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9.2025 on similar facts, the present co ent contempt petitions are hereby issed. dismissed Rule stands discharged. VIJAY ASIJA 2026.03.19 09.31 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document COCP Nos.4051, 4058 & 4227 of 202 f 2025 (O & M) 6 Pending application(s), if any if any, shall also stand disposed of. Photocopy of this order be p r be placed on the file(s) of the connected m ected matter(s). 2, 2026 March 12 Vijay Asija Whether spea Whether Repo r speaking/reasoned Yes / No r Reportable Yes / No ( NIDHI GUPTA ) JUDGE VIJAY ASIJA 2026.03.19 09.31 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document