R.F.A. No.516 of 2001 & 3 other connected cases 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No.516 of 2001 State of Haryana ......Appellant Versus Dharam Pal(since deceased) through his LRs and others .....Respondents (2) R.F.A. No.527 of 2001 The State of Haryana and another ......Appellants Versus Jai Parkash and others .....Respondents (3) R.F.A. No.529 of 2001 The State of Haryana and another ......Appellants Versus Sita Ram and others .....Respondents (4) R.F.A. No.2127 of 2001 The State of Haryana and another ......Appellants Versus Smt.Savitri(since deceased) through her LRs and others .....Respondents Date of Decision:01.08.2011 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR. Present: Mr.Anjum Ahmed, Additional Advocate General, Haryana, for the appellant(s). Nemo for the respondents. **** M EHINDER S INGH S ULLAR , J.(oral) At the very outset, learned State Counsel has submitted that the R.F.A. No.516 of 2001 & 3 other connected cases 2 controversy involved in these appeals is squarely covered and are liable to be disposed of in the same terms of the judgment dated 31.03.2011, in a bunch of appeals, decided along with main R.F.A. No.1534 of 2000 titled as Puran Versus State of Haryana and another, passed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court (Rajesh Bindal, J.), the operative part of which is, as under:- “Accordingly, it is directed that on the enhanced amount of compensation the landowners shall be paid statutory benefits in terms of the provisions of the Act. As far as award of interest for the period from the date of taking over possession of the land till the issuance of notification under Section4 of the Act is concerned, the same shall now be awarded to the landowners on the enhanced amount of compensation. They are also entitled all other statutory benefits available under the Act. To sum up, it is directed that (i) the value of the acquired land is assessed at Rs.1,05,000/- per acre; (ii) on the enhanced amount of compensation the landowners shall be paid statutory benefits in terms of the provisions of the Act; (iii) the landowners are entitled to interest for the period from the date of taking over possession of the land till the issuance of notification under Section 4 of the Act on the enhanced amount of compensation. To ensure that the landowners are not fleeced by the middleman in the process of disbursement of enhanced compensation, Hon'ble the Supreme Court in a recent judgment in Civil Appeal No.6515 of 2009 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation vs. Pran Sukh and others, decided on 17.8.2010, issued certain directions, I deem it appropriate to issue the same directions in the present set of appeals as well. The same are as under:- “With a view to ensure that the land owners are not fleeced by the middleman, we deem it proper to issue following further directions: (i) The Land Acquisition Collector shall depute officers subordinate to him not below the rank of Naib Tehsildar, who shall get in touch with all the land owners and/or their legal representatives and inform them about their entitlement and right to receive enhanced compensation. (ii) The concerned officers shall also instruct the land owners and/or their legal representatives to open saving bank account in case they already do not have such account. R.F.A. No.516 of 2001 & 3 other connected cases 3 (iii) The bank account numbers of the land owners should be given to the Land Acquisition Collector within three months. (iv) The Land Acquisition Collector shall deposit the cheques of compensation in the bank accounts of the land owners.” The appeals stand disposed of in the manner discussed above.” In this view of the matter and after hearing the learned State Counsel, going through the record with his valuable help and after considering the entire matter deeply, the instant appeals are hereby disposed of in the same terms of the judgment dated 31.03.2011 of this Court in Puran's case(supra). August 01, 2011 (MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR) seema JUDGE