R. F. A No. 2358 of 2000 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 26.3.2010 1. R. F. A No. 2358 of 2000 (O&M) Surjit Kaur alias Guljaro and another ..... Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Respondent 2. R. F. A No. 143 of 2003 (O&M) Dev Singh (deceased) through LRs and others ..... Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Respondent 3. R. F. A No. 1748 of 2003 (O&M) Gurmukh Singh and another ..... Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Respondent 4. R. F. A No. 1749 of 2003 (O&M) Ganda Singh and another ..... Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Respondent 5. R. F. A No. 2595 of 2003 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Dev Singh and others ..... Respondents 6. R. F. A No. 2596 of 2003 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Charanjit Kaur ..... Respondent 7. R. F. A No. 2597 of 2003 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Ganda Singh and another ..... Respondents 8. R. F. A No. 2598 of 2003 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Gurmukh Singh and another ..... Respondents R. F. A No. 2358 of 2000 -2- 9. R. F. A No. 2599 of 2003 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Raghbir Singh and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Pritam Saini, Advocate for Mr. P. C. Dhiman, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Deepak Sharma, Standing Counsel for U.T Chandigarh. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of the aforesaid appeals, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The Union Territory is in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below seeking reduction in the compensation awarded for the acquired land whereas landowners are seeking further enhancement. The facts have been extracted from RFA. No. 2358 of 2000. Briefly, the facts are that the land in Village Jhumru, Chandigarh, was acquired vide notification issued under Section 4 of the Act on 11.10.1991 for public purpose namely for the development of 3rd phase of Chandigarh, which was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act on 10.1.1992. The award was passed by the Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') on 8.7.1992 determining the value of the land at Rs. 1,90,000/- per acre. On reference, vide judgment dated 24.5.2000, the amount of compensation was enhanced to Rs. 5,50,000/- per acre relying upon Single Bench judgment of this court in R. F. A. No. 2169 of 1998- Sukhpal Singh and others vs Union Territory, Chandigarh, decided on 7.10.1999, where the amount of compensation was assessed at Rs. 5,50,000/- per acre for land in the vicinity. Learned counsels for the parties are agreed that the claim in the present set of appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R. F. A. No. 2326 of 1998 Som Nath and others vs Union Territory, Chandigarh, decided on 3.9.2008, whereby value of the land acquired vide same notification was further enhanced to Rs. 9,85,000/- per acre. R. F. A No. 2358 of 2000 -3- Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Som Nath's case (supra), the appeals filed by Union Territory, Chandigarh are dismissed and that of the landowners are allowed in the same terms. 26.3.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge