R. F. A. No. 1662 of 1990 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 18.11.2008 1. R. F. A. No. 1662 of 1990 (O&M) Shankar and another .... Appellants vs State of Haryana ..... Respondent 2. R. F. A. No. 1663 of 1990 (O&M) Balwant Singh and others .... Appellants vs The State of Haryana ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. S. D. Bansal, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of Regular First Appeal Nos. 1662 and 1663 of 1990 filed by the landowners for enhancement of compensation. The facts have been extracted from R. F. A. No. 1662 of 1990. Briefly, the facts are that vide Notification dated 23.6.1984 published on 10.7.1984, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”), the land situated in the revenue estate of Jind Town, was acquired for extension of Sub-Jail. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the value of land at Rs. 27,200/- per acre. On reference, the learned Additional District Judge, Jind, vide judgment dated 2.4.1990, determined the value of the land at Rs. 40/- per square yard. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the land in question had great potential as it was situated quite close to the City and the value as determined by the learned court below deserves to be increased considering the material placed on record by the appellants, in terms of which the value of the land was not less than Rs. 200/- per square yard. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State submitted that fair value of the land has been assessed by the learned court below relying R. F. A. No. 1662 of 1990 2 upon a judgment of this court pertaining to the earlier acquisition of the land for the same purpose and granting annual increase @ 12% thereon. The submission is that much more has already been granted as there was no other evidence led by the appellants to enable the learned court below to determine the value of the land as per their wishes. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. A perusal of the impugned award shows that the learned court below relied upon an earlier judgment of this court in R. F. A. No. 644 of 1986 Siri Chand and others vs State of Haryana, decided on 5.4.1989, whereby for the land was acquired vide Notification dated 11.7.1980 for construction of Sub-Jail, this court assessed the value at Rs. 27/- per square yard. As the acquisition in the present case was for extension of same jail vide notification dated 23.6.1984, the learned court below determined the value of the acquired land at Rs. 40/- per square yard by granting annual increase @ 12% for the difference of period in two notifications. The principle applied by the learned court below is well accepted in the absence of any other evidence on record to assess the value of the acquired land. The appellants led only oral evidence to substantiate their claim and no sale- deed was produced to show the value of the acquired land against the value as determined by the learned court below. For the reasons mentioned above, I do not find any merit in the appeals. The same are accordingly dismissed. 18.11.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge