IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 1175 of 1993 Date of Decision: 11.8.2009 State of Haryana ....Appellant. Versus Janak Rani and others ...Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. Ashish Sharma, DAG, Haryana, for the appellant. None for the respondents. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. Learned State counsel submits that though the award dated 6.1.1993 passed by the reference court, no where specifically provides that the benefit of Section 23 (1-A) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short “the Act”) as amended has been allowed to the claimants but it had granted additional market value at statutory rates in accordance with the amended provisions of the Act. According to the learned State counsel, the appeal has been filed only with regard to the award of additional compensation under Section 23 (1-A) of the amended Act as the Land Acquisition Collector had given award No. 15 on 27.2.1973 and, therefore, the landowners are not entitled to benefit of Section 23 (1-A) of the Act. After hearing the learned State counsel and perusing the RFA No. 1175 of 1993 -2- record and in view of judgment dated 29.7.2009 passed by this Court in RFA No. 284 of 1990 titled as Sham Sarup and another v. State of Haryana and others, wherein, it has been held that where the award passed by the Land Acquisition Collector was prior to the introduction of the Bill on 30.4.1982, the landowners-claimants were not entitled to the benefit of Section 23 (1-A) of the amended Act, the award dated 6.1.1993 passed by the reference court is modified to the extent that the claimants shall be entitled to all other benefits except the one provided under Section 23 (1-A) of the Act. With the aforesaid modification, the present appeal stands disposed of. August 11, 2009 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE