R.F.A. No. 3210 of 2001 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 3210 of 2001 (O&M) Date of decision : 10.3.2011 Dewan Chand .... Appellant vs State of Haryana .... Respondent Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Ram Kumar Saini, Mr. Adarsh Jain, Ms. Meenakshi Choudhary, Advocates, and Mr. Kanhiya Soni, Advocate for Mr. M. K. Sood, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order shall dispose of Regular First Appeal Nos. 3210, 3697, 5085 of 2001, 448, 632, 3467 of 2002, 2742, 4563 of 2003, 510 of 2004, 4192 of 2006, 1224 of 2011, and Cross-objection No. 115/CI of 2004, as the same arise out of the same acquisition. The landowners have approached this court for further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land, whereas the State of Haryana has filed appeals for reduction thereof. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification No. LAC (F)- 95/NTLA/286, dated 12.5.1995, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana sought to acquire land in Villages Chandawali and Unchagaon, for development and utilisation thereof as institutional, residential and commercial for Sectors 61 and 64, Faridabad. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 4,00,000/- per acre. 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 @ ` 303/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned by both the parties before this court. R.F.A. No. 3210 of 2001 (2) Learned counsels for the landowners submitted that the issue raised in the present case is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 2501 of 2001 – Ved Pal and others vs State of Haryana and others, decided on 3.5.2006, whereby the compensation payable for acquisition of land for Sectors 61, 62, 64, and 65, Faridabad, was assessed @ ` 450/- per square yard. Learned counsel appearing for the State did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. For the detailed reasons recorded in Ved Pal's case (supra), the appeals filed by the State of Haryana are dismissed. However, the appeals and cross-objections filed by the landowners are disposed of in terms of Ved Pal's case (supra). 10.3.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge