RFA No.548 of 2000 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 548 of 2000 (O&M) Date of Decision: 9.12.2010 State of Haryana and others ...Appellants Versus Dharam Singh .....Respondent CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Navjot Sidhu, Advocate for Mr. Hemant Bassi, Advocate for the respondent. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. This order will dispose of RFA Nos. 548 to 553 of 2000 as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. The facts have been extracted from RFA No. 548 of 2000. The State is in appeal seeking reduction in the amount of compensation awarded by the learned court below to the land-owners. Brief facts of the case are that vide notification dated 10.11.1994, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 ( for short “the Act”), land situated in the revenue estate of village Sadhaura, Tehsil Jagadhari, District Yamunanagar was acquired by the State of Haryana for construction of road, namely, Sadhaura Nadi Crossing Sadhaura Kotha Road. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short “the Collector”) vide award dated 17.04.1998 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,16,000/- per acre for Chahi land; ` 1,05,000/- per acre for Barani land and Gair Mumkin land. The landowners feeling dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, filed reference under Section 18 of the Act. The learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 2,32,000/- per acre at uniform rate. Considering the fact that the land in question was acquired more than 16 years back, the area is merely 3.79 acres. Though the purpose RFA No.548 of 2000 2 of acquisition was construction of road, the learned court below has not awarded any amount on account of severance, I do not find it appropriate to interfere in the impugned award, at this stage. Accordingly the appeals are dismissed. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 09.12.2010 sharmila