R. F. A. No. 1752 of 1990 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 1752 of 1990 (O&M) Date of decision : 30.3.2010 Din Dayal and others .... Appellants vs The Land Acquisition Collector, Urban Estates, Haryana, Gurgaon ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Sachin Mittal, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Haryana vide notification dated 22.11.1984 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired the land situated in revenue estate of Village Jharsa, Tehsil and District Gurgaon, for public purpose namely for setting of Jail Complex and Open space under the HUDA. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 22.8.1985 assessed the market value of the land @ Rs. 60,000/- per acre for chahi, Rs. 50,000/- per acre for abi and Rs. 40,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kinds of land. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 2.5.1990, determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 36.20 paise per square yard. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that earlier this court dismissed the appeals filed by some of the landowners seeking enhancement vide judgments dated 11.2.2004, 31.3.2004 and 7.11.2006. Thereafter, they filed appeals before Hon'ble the Supreme Court. Now vide judgment dated 20.10.2009 delivered by Hon'ble the Supreme Court, in Civil Appeal No. 5844 of 2004 – Subh Ram and others vs Haryana State and another, the compensation for the land acquired vide same notification has been enhanced to Rs. 2,87,200/- per acre. R. F. A. No. 1752 of 1990 2 Learned counsel for the State did not dispute the fact that the claim in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Subh Ram's case (supra). Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Subh Ram's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 30.3.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge