RFA No. 1613 of 1999 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 9.4.2010 1) RFA No. 1613 of 1999 (O&M) Brahm Pal ....Appellant Versus State of Haryana and another ...Respondents 2) R.F.A. No. 2194 of 1999 Digamber Kumar Arora .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent 3) R.F.A. No. 2454 of 1999 Smt. Rupika Chawla .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent 4) R.F.A. No. 2593 of 1999 Rishi Raj Gautam .... Appellant vs. The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 5) R.F.A. No. 2777 of 1999 Pawan Kumar Gupta .... Appellant vs. The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 6) R.F.A. No. 3308 of 1999 Haryana State and another .... Appellants vs. Pawan Kumar Gupta .... Respondent RFA No. 1613 of 1999 2 7) R.F.A. No. 3309 of 1999 Haryana State and another .... Appellants vs. Sarjeet Singh .... Respondent 8) R.F.A. No. 761 of 2000 Vinod Chand .... Appellant vs. The State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 9) R.F.A. No. 791 of 2000 Prabha Bhandari .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent 10) R.F.A. No. 792 of 2000 K.P. Bhandari .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent 11) R.F.A. No. 793 of 2000 Vivek Bhandari and another .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent 12) R.F.A. No. 1027 of 2000 Haryana State and another .... Appellants vs. Shiv Chand Jain and another .... Respondents 13) R.F.A. No. 1320 of 2000 Haryana State and another .... Appellants vs. Ashok Kumar .... Respondent RFA No. 1613 of 1999 3 14) R.F.A. No. 2320 of 2000 N.D. Sundariyal .... Appellant vs. The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 15) R.F.A. No. 1671 of 2001 Ashok Kumar Satija .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 16) R.F.A. No. 3425 of 2001 Purva Ahuja and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent 17) R.F.A. No. 142 of 2002 Rajender Singh .... Appellant vs. The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 18) R.F.A. No. 195 of 2002 Manohar Lal Sood and another .... Appellants vs. The State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 19) R.F.A. No. 764 of 2002 Sanshar Chand .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 20) R.F.A. No. 1217 of 2002 Ram Krishan and another .... Appellants vs. The State of Haryana and others .... Respondents RFA No. 1613 of 1999 4 21) R.F.A. No. 1392 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Smt. Santosh Kumari .... Respondent 22) R.F.A. No. 3547 of 2002 Mahesh Kumar and others .... Appellants vs. The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 23) R.F.A. No. 2679 of 2003 K.S. Singh .... Appellant vs. The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 24) R.F.A. No. 1892 of 2004 Vikash Kapoor .... Appellant vs. The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 25) R.F.A. No. 2333 of 2007 Jagdish Chand .... Appellant vs. Land Acquisition Collector and another .... Respondents 26) R.F.A. No. 3092 of 2008 Ashok Pal .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 27) R.F.A. No. 3093 of 2008 Sheela Devi .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents RFA No. 1613 of 1999 5 28) R.F.A. No. 3094 of 2008 Ashok Pal .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 29) R.F.A. No. 3531 of 2008 Vijay Pal and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 30) R.F.A. No. 3533 of 2008 Sardul Singh and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 31) R.F.A. No. 3764 of 2008 Smt. Birma Devi .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 32) R.F.A. No. 4602 of 2008 Ganga Ram and others .... Appellants vs. Haryana State and another .... Respondents 33) R.F.A. No. 5211 of 2008 Smt. Kamlesh Kumari .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent 34) R.F.A. No. 5299 of 2008 The Badkhal Lake Coop. House Building Society Ltd. .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents RFA No. 1613 of 1999 6 35) R.F.A. No. 5384 of 2008 Badley .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 36) R.F.A. No. 5497 of 2008 Karan Singh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 37) R.F.A. No. 5779 of 2008 Rajinder Kumar and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 38) R.F.A. No. 151 of 2009 Ashok Pal .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 39) R.F.A. No. 277 of 2009 Ramesh Kumar .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 40) R.F.A. No. 315 of 2009 Smt. Rita Sekhri and another .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 41) R.F.A. No. 334 of 2009 Smt. Suman Bajaj .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 42) R.F.A. No. 401 of 2009 Vijay Kumar .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents RFA No. 1613 of 1999 7 43) R.F.A. No. 422 of 2009 Rakesh Kumar .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 44) R.F.A. No. 635 of 2009 Mohan Singh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 45) R.F.A. No. 636 of 2009 Mohan Singh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 46) R.F.A. No. 637 of 2009 Mohan Singh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 47) R.F.A. No. 638 of 2009 Mohan Singh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 48) R.F.A. No. 693 of 2009 Smt. Maya and others .... Appellants vs. The State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 49) R.F.A. No. 931 of 2009 Ashok Pal .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents RFA No. 1613 of 1999 8 50) R.F.A. No. 1319 of 2009 Smt. Chandro and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 51) R.F.A. No. 1352 of 2009 Gaj Raj and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 52) R.F.A. No. 1539 of 2009 Braham Singh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondent 53) R.F.A. No. 1574 of 2009 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Badley and another .... Respondents 54) R.F.A. No. 1785 of 2009 Kumari Santosh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 55) R.F.A. No. 1786 of 2009 Naresh Pal .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 56) R.F.A. No. 1846 of 2009 Smt. Birma Devi .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents RFA No. 1613 of 1999 9 57) R.F.A. No. 1847 of 2009 Tej Singh and another .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 58) R.F.A. No. 1965 of 2009 Smt. Chanderwati and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 59) R.F.A. No. 1966 of 2009 Vijay Kumar and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 60) R.F.A. No. 1967 of 2009 Ram Singh and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 61) R.F.A. No. 1968 of 2009 Kirpa Devi and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 62) R.F.A. No. 1969 of 2009 Sher Singh and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 63) R.F.A. No. 2012 of 2009 Mohar Singh and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents RFA No. 1613 of 1999 10 64) R.F.A. No. 2311 of 2009 Ganpat Ram .... Appellant vs. The State of Haryana .... Respondent 65) R.F.A. No. 2312 of 2009 Ranjan Dhamija .... Appellant vs. The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 66) R.F.A. No. 2506 of 2009 Kumari Dakshina (minor) .... Appellant vs. Haryana State and another .... Respondents 67) R.F.A. No. 2588 of 2009 Ramesh Chaprana and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 68) R.F.A. No. 3017 of 2009 Kailash Nath Wadhera .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent 69) R.F.A. No. 3018 of 2009 Poonam Bindra .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent 70) R.F.A. No. 3019 of 2009 Jagdish Chander Kapur .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent RFA No. 1613 of 1999 11 71) R.F.A. No. 3020 of 2009 Sushil Kapoor .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent 72) R.F.A. No. 4520 of 2009 Anil Kumar .... Appellant vs. The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 73) R.F.A. No. 4521 of 2009 Mandeep Singh .... Appellant vs. The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 74) R.F.A. No. 4587 of 2009 Smt. Kirpa Devi and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 75) R.F.A. No. 4661 of 2009 Joginder Singh and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- S/Shri Adarsh Jain, Mr. Adish Gupta, Mr. Sudhir Mitttal, Mr.Lokesh Sinhal, Mr. Shiv Kumar, Mr. Jaivir Yadav, Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Mr. Ram Bilas Gupta, Mr. Kulbhushan Sharma, Advocates for the landowners. Mr. Ashish Gupta, AAG Haryana. RAJESH BINDAL, J **** This order will dispose of bunch of 75 appeals arising out of same acquisition. The land owners are in appeal seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas the State is in appeal challenging the award of learned Court below praying for reduction in the amount of compensation awarded. Brief facts are that the State of Haryana acquired 486.61 acres of land pertaining to village Mewla Maharajpur, Hadbast No. 4, Tehsil and District RFA No. 1613 of 1999 12 Faridabad, vide notification dated 7.9.1992 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short 'the Act'). The land in question was acquired for public purpose namely for development and utilization thereof as residential, commercial and institutional Sector 44 and 47 at Faridabad by the Haryana Urban Development Authority. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short 'the Collector') assessed the compensation @ Rs. 1,96,000/- per acre for all kinds of land. The land owners being dissatisfied with the award filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below. Considering the material brought on record by the parties, learned Court below vide judgment dated September 2, 1998 assessed the compensation for the acquired land @ Rs. 325/- per square yard. Being dissatisfied with the award both, the land owners as well as the State, filed appeals before this Court. The appeals filed by the land owners were dismissed whereas those of State were accepted by the learned Single Bench of this Court vide judgment dated 7.7.1999 by reducing the amount of compensation from Rs. 325/- per square yard to Rs. 90/- per square yard. In Letters Patent Appeal the judgment of learned Single Bench was upheld by Division Bench of this Court. The land owners still being dis-satisfied preferred appeals before Hon'ble the Supreme Court. Hon'ble the Supreme Court considering merit in the contentions raised by the land owners, while setting aside the judgments of this Court, remitted the matter back to the reference Court for redetermination of compensation. On fresh consideration the learned Court below determined the amount of compensation at Rs. 238/- per square yard. The bunch of appeals being decided by this Court contain two set of cases namely the appeals filed by the land owners as well as the State impugning the award of learned Court below granting compensation at the rate of 325/- per square yard, whereas second set of cases pertain to the challenge to the award of learned Court below awarding compensation of Rs. 238/- per square yard, which was passed after re-consideration of the matter, on a remand by Hon'ble the Supreme Court. Considering the fact that the issue under consideration before this Court is for determination of fair amount of compensation for the land acquired vide notification dated 7.9.1992 and the fact that the appeals filed by the State as well as the land owners against the award of the learned Court below passed after the remand of the cases by Hon'ble the Supreme Court, have already been decided by this Court vide detailed judgment passed in RFA No. 4438 of 2008 State of Haryana and another Vs. Sailak Ram and others, decided on 1.9.2009, this Court is proceeding to decide all the cases on merits instead of remanding the first batch of cases back to the learned Court below in terms of judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court. Learned counsel for the parties also prayed for the RFA No. 1613 of 1999 13 same. The counsel for both the parties are agreed that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in Sailak Ram's case (supra) wherein the amount of compensation for the land acquired vide same notification has been determined at Rs. 280/- per square yard. For the reasons stated in the aforesaid judgment, the present set of appeals are disposed of in the same terms. (RAJESH BINDAL) 9.4.2010 JUDGE Reema