Khasra No.2606 situated within the municipal limits of Pati Mehna, Bathinda. The said plot was acquired by the respondent – Improvement Trust, Bathinda for a development scheme known as 49.50 acres within the municipal limits of Bathinda. Notification under Section 42(1) of the Punjab Town Improvement Trust Act, 1922 in this regard was issued by the State Government on 31.8.1994. The Land Acquisition Collector, Bathinda pronounced the award on 29.8.1996. Aggrieved by the award, similarly situated land owners whose land was acquired under the same notification had filed land reference under Section 18 of the Act for determination of the award passed by the Collector. The said reference was referred by the Collector to the Land Acquisition Tribunal which determined the amount of compensation at uniform rate of ` 20,52,784/- per acre. Land reference filed by some of the land owners was not referred by the Land Acquisition Collector. The land reference of Malook Singh was also decided by the Land Acquisition Tribunal on the basis of previous award. The petitioner had filed an application under Section 28-A of the Act on 10.12.2008 which was received in the office of Land Acquisition Collector on 23.12.2008 for redetermination of the award of compensation by the Land Acquisition Collector but the same had not been redetermined by the respondents. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner is before this Court through the present writ petition.
