R. F. A. No. 4016 of 2007 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 30.9.2008 1. R. F. A. No. 4016 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Mange and others .... Respondents 2. R. F. A. No. 4017 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Raldu Ram and others .... Respondents 3. R. F. A. No. 4018 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Satyawan and others .... Respondents 4. R. F. A. No. 4019 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Dilbad @ Dilbag and another .... Respondents 5. R. F. A. No. 4020 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Zile Singh .... Respondent 6. R. F. A. No. 4021 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Partap Singh and others .... Respondents 7. R. F. A. No. 4022 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Chatru .... Respondent 8. R. F. A. No. 4023 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Jagdish and others .... Respondents R. F. A. No. 4016 of 2007 2 9. R. F. A. No. 4024 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Randhir and others .... Respondents 10. R. F. A. No. 4025 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Laxmi Devi and others .... Respondents 11. R. F. A. No. 4026 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Manjit and another .... Respondents 12. R. F. A. No. 4027 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Jai Singh and others .... Respondents 13. R. F. A. No. 4028 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Jitu and others .... Respondents 14. R. F. A. No. 4029 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Nagar Panchayat, Gharwali .... Respondent 15. R. F. A. No. 4030 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Rattan alias Ratna and another .... Respondents 16. R. F. A. No. 4031 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Kartar and others .... Respondents R. F. A. No. 4016 of 2007 3 17. R. F. A. No. 4032 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Balwan and others .... Respondents 18. R. F. A. No. 4033 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Mange Ram and others .... Respondents 19. R. F. A. No. 4034 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Bed Pal and others .... Respondents 20. R. F. A. No. 4035 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Smt. Bhanti and others .... Respondents 21. R. F. A. No. 4036 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Ram Sarup and others .... Respondents 22. R. F. A. No. 4037 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Nafe Singh and others .... Respondents 23. R. F. A. No. 4038 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Chander and others .... Respondents 24. R. F. A. No. 4039 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Chajju Ram .... Respondent R. F. A. No. 4016 of 2007 4 25. R. F. A. No. 4057 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Prem and others .... Respondents 26. R. F. A. No. 4058 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Lichhmi and others .... Respondents 27. R. F. A. No. 4059 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Ishwar Singh and others .... Respondents 28. R. F. A. No. 4060 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Lichmi and others .... Respondents 29. R. F. A. No. 4061 of 2007 (O&M) State of Haryana through Collector, Jind .... Appellant vs Ram Kishan .... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. H. S. Hooda, Advocate General, Haryana, with Mr. Rajiv Kawatra, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, for the appellant. Mr. Ramesh Goyat, Advocate, for the respondents, in R. F. A. Nos. 4023 to 4038 of 2007. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of Regular First Appeal Nos. 4016 to 4039 and 4057 to 4061 of 2007, filed by the State of Haryana against the enhancement of compensation for acquisition of land, as the same arise out of the same acquisition. However, the facts have been extracted from R. F. A. No. 4016 of 2007. R. F. A. No. 4016 of 2007 5 Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 6.2.2002 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”), the State of Haryana acquired the land for construction of Bhairo Khera-Ram Kali Drain. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 23.6.2002, assessed the market value of the land at Rs. 1,70,000/- per acre for nehri, Rs. 1,20,000/- per acre for barani kind of land. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 16.7.2007, determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 3,00,000/- per acre. Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that vide order dated 6.8.2008, passed in R. F. A. No. 2492 of 2005- State of Haryana vs Inder Singh and others, the appeals arising out of the same acquisition filed by the landowners were remitted back to the reference court for fresh consideration. The present set of appeals is filed by the State. Once the appeals filed by the landowners have already been remanded back to the Reference Court for fresh consideration, it would be appropriate to set aside the impugned award as well and remand the case back to the Reference Court for fresh consideration in terms of the judgment of this court in Inder Singh's case (supra). Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Inder Singh's case (supra), the present appeals are accepted. The award of the learned court below is set aside and the matter is remitted back to the Reference Court for fresh consideration in the light of judgment of this Court in Inder Singh's case (supra). 30.9.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge