RFA No.553 of 1998 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 1. RFA No.553 of 1998 Date of Decision: 28.10.2009 Abey Ram and Others ..... Appellants V/s State of Haryana through the Land Acquisition Collector and Another .....Respondents 2. RFA No.674 of 1998 Chander Lekha ..... Appellant V/s State of Haryana Department of HUDA through its Secretary and another .....Respondents 3. RFA No.1973 of 1998 Kiran Bala ..... Appellant V/s State of Haryana through the Land Acquisition Collector & Another .....Respondents 4. RFA No.1975 of 1998 Sita Ram ..... Appellant V/s State of Haryana through the Land Acquisition Collector & Another .....Respondents 5. RFA No.593 of 1998 Rajinder Kumar ..... Appellant V/s State of Haryana through the Land Acquisition Collector .....Respondents RFA No.553 of 1998 -2- CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be report in the Digest? Present: Mr.Ravish Bansal, Advocate for the appellants. Mr.R.K.Bansal, Advocate for the appellants (In RFA Nos.674/1998 and 593 of 1999. Mr.Lokesh Sinhal, Addl.A.G., Haryana. *** HEMANT GUPTA J. (ORAL) 1. The land-owners are in appeal aggrieved against the Award rendered by the Reference Court dated 28.10.1997, awarding compensation @ Rs.2,16,000/- per acre. 2. Vide notification dated 25.09.1989 under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the Act), the land measuring 57.26 acres situated in village Patti Kaisth Seth, HB No.24, Kaithal was sought to be acquired for the public purpose i.e. for Sector 19, Part-II, Kaithal. 3. The Land Acquisition Collector announced his Award dated 26.02.1992, awarding compensation @ Rs.1,00,000/- per acre for Nehri, Chahi and Barani land. Dissatisfied with the amount of the market value determined by the Land Acquisition Collector, the land owners sought references under Section 18 of the Act. The Reference Court determined Rs.2,16,000/- per acre as market value. Still aggrieved, the land-owners are in appeal before this Court. 4. A Division Bench of this Court in LPA No.350 of 2001 dated 09.09.2008 titled “Manohar Lal and others V/s State of Haryana and another” dealt with acquisition of the land under the same notification which is the subject matter of acquisition in the present case as well as RFA No.553 of 1998 -3- notification acquiring 89.75 acres of the land of the same date and in the same revenue estate. The Division Bench has determined Rs.2,89,701/- per acre as the compensation for all types of land to the land-owners. 5. In view of the said judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in “Manohar Lal and others V/s State of Haryana and another” the present appeals are allowed in the same terms as in the aforesaid appeals. Appeals are allowed in the above terms. 28.10.2009 (HEMANT GUPTA) shamsher JUDGE