Case Title:- Sanjeev Kumar vs. State of Haryana and others
Citation:- SLP (C) NO(s). 30798/2025
Date:- 07.11.2025
Hon’ble Supreme Court Bench:- JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL and JUSTICE PRASANNA B. VARALE
The Hon’ble Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking employment in lieu of land acquired nearly three decades ago, holding that the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 does not provide for any such right and that payment of compensation fully satisfies the State’s obligation.
- The petitioner’s family land was acquired in 1998 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and his family had already received full compensation from the government. The man, who was not even born at the time of acquisition, filed a petition in 2025, asking for a job on compassionate grounds.
- The Hon’ble Court held that the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 only provides for payment of compensation, and does not grant any right to employment.
- The Hon’ble Court clearly stated that once compensation is paid, the State’s obligation is fully satisfied, and there is no legal basis for claiming a job.
- It also noted that even if there was any past policy offering jobs to affected families, such a policy cannot override the law laid down under the Act.
- Moreover, the plea was filed after a delay of more than 18 years, which made the claim untenable and time-barred.
- Finally, the Hon’ble Supreme Court dismissed the special leave petition.
