RFA No. 4743 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 4743 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 16.3.2011 State of Haryana and another .....Appellants vs Ranjit and others .....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. P. S. Jammu, Advocate, for the respondents. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of the following appeals bearing RFA Nos. 4743 to 4750 of 2010, as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. The State of Haryana is seeking reduction in the amount of compensation awarded to the landowners for the acquired land. Briefly the facts of the case are that the State of Haryana vide notification dated 25.2.2005 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), sought to acquire land situated in village Madhosinghana, Tehsil Ellenabad, District Sirsa. The same was followed by notification issued under Section 6 of the Act on 3.2.2006. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 5,00,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 7,78,500/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals by the State of Haryana. Learned counsel for the landowners/respondents submitted that the issue raised in the present set of appeals is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 276 of 2009 – Mohinder Singh and others vs State of Haryana and others dated 3.2.2011. RFA No. 4743 of 2010 -2- Learned counsel for the State did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. Accordingly, for the reasons mentioned in Mohinder Singh's case (supra), the present appeals are dismissed. Consequently, the applications for condonation of delay in filing the appeals are also dismissed. 16.3.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs Judge