RFA No. 1911 of 1997 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 1911 of 1997 (O&M) Date of decision : 12.10.2010 The State of Haryana and another ..... Appellants vs Chet Singh and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 1911, 1912, 1914 to 1917, 1951 to 1953 and 1989 of 1997, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The State of Haryana is in appeal before this Court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') seeking reduction of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Haryana vide notification dated 29.3.1993 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired the land situated in revenue estate of Village Desukhurd, Tehsil and District Sirsa, for construction of Rori-Ghaggar Drain. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 29.3.1995 assessed the market value of the land @ ` 30,000/- per acre for Sem (Water-logged Land). Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 98,500/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals. The acquisition in the present case is for construction of Rori- Ghaggar Drain, for which land of different villages was acquired, which are adjoining to each other. The learned court below in the present set of appeals had awarded ` 98,500/- per acre as compensation for the acquired land. In the appeals arising out of acquisition for the same purpose, pertaining to land of village Rori, wherein the Collector had assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 30,000/- per acre and on reference, the court below had enhanced to ` 98,500/- per acre, as was in the present set of appeals, this court had upheld the award of the learned court below in RFA No. 394 of 1998 Ajmer Singh and others vs State of Haryana, decided on 18.4.2009, where the award was for ` 1,00,000/- per acre. RFA No. 1911 of 1997 (2) Learned counsel for the State did not dispute the fact that the claim in the present set of appeals is squarely covered by the aforesaid judgment. Since this court had upheld the award of the learned court below regarding determination of fair value of the acquired land vide notification dated 29.3.1993, no case for reduction is made out. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Ajmer Singh's case (supra), the present set of appeals are dismissed. 12.10.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge