01.2026 Bhushan J shan Janjua & Ors. v. Chander Panchkula der Shekhar Khare, Chief Adm hkula Administrator of the HSVP & Anr.

Mr. Kanwar Abhay Singh, Adv h, Advocate for the petitioners. te for Mr. Nitin Gupta, Advocate for Mr. Harmanjot Singh Gill, Adv for the respondents. Advocate NIDHI GU I GUPTA J. (Oral) Present contempt petition has b n has been filed alleging violation of order dat der dated 14.2.2022 (Annexure P-1) pa 1) passed by a Division Bench of this Court Court in CWP-20384-2021 titled as “P as “Pradeep Kumar vs. State of Haryana an ana and others”, the operative part of w rt of which is reproduced as below :- VIJAY ASIJA 2026.01.27 10.15 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document “….Keeping in view of a of above detailed proposed plan and the interest of the the land owners, a direction is being given in this case ase that all the executing courts in the State of Haryana yana are restrained from taking any coercive steps as th as the respondents have carved out plan for depositing iting the compensation amount reference courts will accept compensation as per the r the above said proposed plan. Learned counsel for respondent-HSVP further COCP-4486-2025 (O & M) 2 informs that due publ publication will be done with respect to proposed plan plan of depositing compensation in the entire State of H of Haryana so that land owners can be awared with with respect to deposit of compensation as per the r the schedule stated above. A direction is bei being given to the respondents to comply and make the the payment in accordance with the above said proposed osed plan/priority list….” At the very outset, learned c rned counsel for the respondents submits tha its that the petitioners herein were n were not parties before the Writ Court. Lea t. Learned counsel further places reli es reliance upon the order dated

05.09.2025 .2025 passed by a co-ordinate Benc Bench of this Court in COCP No.3601 of 601 of 2025 titled “Jagdish Singh and a nd another vs. Chander Shekhar Khare, IAS IAS and others”, wherein a contem contempt petition filed in similar circumstanc mstances, alleging violation of the sa the same Writ Court order dated

14.02.2022 .2022, was dismissed. Copy of the afor he aforesaid order dated 05.9.2025 is taken on en on record. Learned counsel for the res e respondents submits that the petitioners oners in the present contempt petition st tition stand on identical footing as the petition etitioners in COCP No.3601 of 2025 2025 and, therefore, the present contempt pe mpt petition also deserves to be dismisse ismissed on the same terms. Relevant extract of order da er dated 05.9.2025 in identical COCP No.3 P No.3601 of 2025 is as follows :- “xxx xxx

3. Learned counsel f sel for the respondents contends that the petitioners here herein were not parties to CWP- 20384-2021, nor did the d they file any writ petition. It is further submitted that CWP-20384-2021 was disposed of as rendere ndered infructuous, vide order dated 02.05.2024, as the s the compensation amount was VIJAY ASIJA 2026.01.27 10.15 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document COCP-4486-2025 (O & M) 3 disbursed to the land lo nd losers concerned. He further contends that some per persons challenged the order dated 14.02.2022 pas passed in CWP-20384-2021 before Hon'ble the Su Supreme Court in SLP (C) No.4832 of 2022, which hich was disposed of vide order dated 31.10.2023.

4. The relevant po t portion of the order dated

31.10.2023 passed by H y Hon'ble the Supreme Court in SLP (C) No.4832 of 2022 2022 is reproduced as under:- "In so far far as the remaining land- re the payment has not been rify that the restraint imposed by ourt through the order dated o proceed with the execution acated and the land-loosers will initiate such proceedings cution proceedings for recovery loosers, where t made, we clarify t the High Court 14.02.2022 to p shall stand vacate be entitled including executio of the amount. execution ases where In have been closed in view of the proceedings have r passed by the High Court, the earlier order pas r would have the liberty of decree holder w al of such petitions, which shall seeking revival of by the executing court and the be considered by l be proceeded matter shall b ith law. accordance with l ss to mention since the land- Needless t till agitating their rights to seek loosers are still a the compensation in respect of for receiving the ch have been lost by them, the the land which h urts as well as the other courts executing courts roceedings have been initiated, where the procee view this aspect of the matter shall keep in vie with the matters as expeditiously and proceed with as possible. further ar as the contempt proceedings In so far a aid to be pending, the Courts which are said ll now take note of the same and concerned will no cordance with law. proceed in accord the above clarification, With d disposed of along with the petitions stand d ication(s), if any.” pending applicatio

5. A perusal of th f the record shows that the petitioners herein were ere not party in CWP-20384- 2021 and the said writ writ petition was disposed of as VIJAY ASIJA 2026.01.27 10.15 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document COCP-4486-2025 (O & M) 4 rendered infructuous, s s, since compensation amount was delivered to the l he land losers concerned. The restraint imposed by th y this Court vide order dated

14.02.2022 in CWP-203 20384-2021 to proceed with the execution stood vacated cated and the land losers were held entitled to initiate iate such proceedings including execution proceedings fo gs for recovery of the amount.

6. In view of the abo e above, no case for contempt is made out. Consequent uently, the present petition is dismissed.” I have heard learned counsel fo nsel for the parties and perused the case file as file as well as the order dated 05.09.202 .09.2025 passed by the co-ordinate Bench in C h in COCP No.3601 of 2025. Upon su pon such consideration, this Court is of the vie the view that the present contempt petit t petition is liable to be dismissed in terms of rms of the order dated 05.09.2025 pa passed in COCP No.3601 of 2025, as le , as learned counsel for the petitioners ioners is unable to distinguish the nt case. present case Ordered accordingly. Rule stands discharged. Pending application(s), if any, sh any, shall stand disposed of. January 22 Asija Vijay Asija 2, 2026 ( NIDHI GUPTA ) JUDGE Whether spe Whether Rep er speaking/reasoned Yes / No er Reportable Yes / No VIJAY ASIJA 2026.01.27 10.15 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document