{"id":238507,"date":"1991-12-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1991-12-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balbir-and-ors-vs-the-state-of-haryana-through-land-on-5-december-1991"},"modified":"2019-01-14T08:08:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T02:38:48","slug":"balbir-and-ors-vs-the-state-of-haryana-through-land-on-5-december-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balbir-and-ors-vs-the-state-of-haryana-through-land-on-5-december-1991","title":{"rendered":"Balbir And Ors. vs The State Of Haryana Through Land &#8230; on 5 December, 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Balbir And Ors. vs The State Of Haryana Through Land &#8230; on 5 December, 1991<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: (1992) 101 PLR 477<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: N Jain<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: N Jain<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>N.C. Jain, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. This revision petition is directed against the order of the Collector declining to refer the compensation matter under section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act (for short the &#8216;the Act&#8217;) on the ground that the same is barred by time.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. The counsel for the petitioner has argued that the Land Acquisition Collector has acted without jurisdiction in dismissing the application under section 18 of the Act oh the ground of limitation. He had argued that the Land Acquisition Collector was bound in law to refer the application under section 18 of the Act to the Land Acquisition Court to find whether the application was barred by time or not. He has cited Jit Singh v. Land Acquisition Collector, P. W. D. B. &amp;. R, (1991-1) 99 P. L. R. 519, in support of his argument.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the view that the argument of the learned counsel for the petitioner has got force. It has been held in Jit Singh&#8217;s case (supra) that the Land Acquisition Collector is not competent to decide whether the application is within time or not and that it is only the District Judge who is competent to decide the period of limitation Following the law laid down in Jit Singh&#8217;s case (supra) this revision petition is allowed, the order of the Land Acquisition Collector is hereby set aside and he is directed to refer the application under section ,18 of the Act to the District Judge within a period of six weeks from today. No costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Balbir And Ors. vs The State Of Haryana Through Land &#8230; on 5 December, 1991 Equivalent citations: (1992) 101 PLR 477 Author: N Jain Bench: N Jain ORDER N.C. Jain, J. 1. 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