School Built On Land Acquired For 'Mandi' Serves Public Purpose: P&H HC Declines Former Owner's Plea To Release Acquired Land, Imposes 25K Cost

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to allow a plea seeking the release of the land acquired by the State Government for the development of a 'Mandi' which was later used for building a school, observing that the public purpose is served.A division bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Lalit Batra said, "The reason is but trite, and, simple, that since even a...