R. F. A No. 4803 of 2001 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 4803 of 2001 (O&M. Date of decision : 6.11.2008 State of Haryana and another ... Appellants vs Babu Ram (deceased) through LRs. and another .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Navneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The State has approached this court through the present appeal for reduction in the compensation assessed by the court below for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 26.6.1989, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana, acquired 485.97 acres of land situated in the revenue estate of Village Banna Madanpur, Tehsil Panchkula, District Ambala, (now in Panchkula District) for public purpose of development and utilization thereof as residential, commercial and institutional area in Urban Estate, Panchkula. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”) assessed the market value of the land at the following rates:- Chahi/Abi Rs. 1,10,000/- per acre Barani Rs. 90,000/- per acre Banjar Qadim Rs. 70,000/- per acre Gair mumkin Rs. 50,000/- per acre Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 27.7.2000, determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 3,50,000/- per acre. It is this award which is under challenge in this appeal. Learned counsel for the State very fairly submitted that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R. F. A. No. 1281 of 1999 Gurdev Singh and others vs State of Haryana decided on 27.10.2006, whereby the cases were remanded back to the Reference court for further consideration. R. F. A No. 4803 of 2001 2 For the detailed reasons stated in Gurdev Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is accepted, the impugned award is set aside and the matter is remitted back to the Reference Court to be dealt with in terms of the aforesaid judgment. 6.11.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge