RFA No.691 of 1998 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.691 of 1998 (O&M) Date of Decision: 9.12.2010 State of Haryana and another ...Appellants Versus Ram Phal .....Respondent CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Addl. Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Shailender Jain, Advocate Mr. Sunil K. Rana, Advocate for Mr. Amit Jain, Advocate Mr. C.B.Goel, Advocate and Mr. Nitin Jain, Advocate Mr. S.S. Kaliramna, Advocate Mr. Jai Bhagwan, Advocate for the landowners. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. This order will dispose of RFA Nos.691, 1948, 2387, 2388, 4097, 4221, 4626, 4628, 4632 of 1998, 1995, 2124, 2410 of 1999, 57, 278, 280 to 282, 841, 1106, 1524, 2560 of 2000, 93, 284, 541, 623, 676. 961, 962, 968 to 972, 2570, 2934, 5508 of 2001, 125, 418, 1160, 1738, 3480, 3572, 3584, of 2002, 1348, 1349, 1532, 1959, 2919 of 2003, 438, 1018 of 2004, 3465, 4588 of 2009 and 264, 265 of 2010 as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. The facts have been extracted from RFA No.691 of 1998. In the appeals filed by the landowners they are seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land, whereas in the appeals filed by the State the prayer is for reduction thereof. Brief facts of the case are that vide notification dated 22.3.1990, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 (for short “the Act”), land situated in the area of villages Jharsa, Silokhra and Islampur, Tehsil and District Gurgaon was acquired by the State of Haryana RFA No.691 of 1998 2 for the development and utilization of land as residential, commercial, institutional areas in Gurgaon. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short “the Collector”) vide award dated 16.03.1993 assessed the market value of the acquired land as under:- Villages Jharsa and Silokhra 1. Chahi: ` 4,00,000/- per acre 2. Magda ` 3,50,000/- per acre 3. Abi ` 3,50,000/- per acre 4. Banjar ` 2,50,000/- per acre 5. Gair Mumkin ` 2,50,000/- per acre Village Islampur 1. Chahi ` 2,50,000/- per acre 2. Magda ` 2,00,000/- per acre 3. Banjar ` 1,50,000/- per acre 4. Gair Mumkin ` 1,50,000/-per acre 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 @ ` 265/- per square yard. In some cases the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 212/- per square yard. Learned counsel for the parties submitted that the issues raised in the present appeal are squarely covered with the judgment of this court in RFA No.944 of 1998 Suraj Bhan and another Vs. State of Haryana and others decided on May 13, 1999, whereby the market value of the acquired land was determined @ ` 212/- per square yard. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Suraj Bhan’s case (supra), the present appeals are disposed of in the terms of the aforesaid judgment. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 09.12.2010 sharmila