RFA No. 1202 of 2008 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 28.4.2009 1. RFA No. 1202 of 2008 (O&M) Gurdev Singh and others ... Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .... Respondent 2. RFA No. 2431 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Gurdev Singh and others .. Respondents 3. RFA No. 2432 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Mohinder Singh and another .. Respondents 4. RFA No. 2433 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Jumla Malkan and Digar Haqdaran of Village Sarangpur .. Respondents 5. RFA No. 2434 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Harbans Singh and others .. Respondents 6. RFA No. 2435 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Mehar Singh and others .. Respondents 7. RFA No. 2436 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Pritam Singh .. Respondent 8. RFA No. 2437 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Shamlat Deh of Village Sarangpur .. Respondent RFA No. 1202 of 2008 2 9. RFA No. 2438 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Pritam Singh and others .. Respondents 10. RFA No. 2439 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Tejinder Singh .. Respondent 11. RFA No. 2440 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Smt. Ajmer Kaur and others .. Respondents 12. RFA No. 2441 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Basant Kaur and another .. Respondents 13. RFA No. 2442 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Sher Singh and others .. Respondents 14. RFA No. 2443 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Gurdev Singh and others .. Respondents 15. RFA No. 2444 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Mandeep Singh .. Respondent 16. RFA No. 2445 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Joginder Singh .. Respondent RFA No. 1202 of 2008 3 17. RFA No. 2446 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Kaka Singh and others .. Respondents 18. RFA No. 3232 of 2008 (O&M) Mohinder Singh and another .. Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 19. RFA No. 3233 of 2008 (O&M) Gurdev Singh and others .. Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 20. RFA No. 3234 of 2008 (O&M) Harvinder Singh and others .. Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 21. RFA No. 3433 of 2008 (O&M) Pritam Singh and others .. Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 22. RFA No. 3434 of 2008 (O&M) Ramesh Chand Jain .. Appellant vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 23. RFA No. 3435 of 2008 (O&M) Mandeep Singh .. Appellant vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 24. RFA No. 3436 of 2008 (O&M) Ajmer Kaur and others .. Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent RFA No. 1202 of 2008 4 25. RFA No. 3437 of 2008 (O&M) Pritam Singh .. Appellant vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 26. RFA No. 3438 of 2008 (O&M) Sher Singh and others .. Appellants vs U. T. Chandigarh and another .. Respondents 27. RFA No. 3439 of 2008 (O&M) Tejinder Singh .. Appellant vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 28. RFA No. 3440 of 2008 (O&M) Harbans Singh and others .. Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 29. RFA No. 3441 of 2008 (O&M) Joginder Singh .. Appellant vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 30. RFA No. 3567 of 2008 (O&M) Jagdeep Kaur and another .. Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 31. RFA No. 3646 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Harvinder Singh and others .. Respondents 32. RFA No. 3650 of 2008 (O&M) Gurdev Singh and others .. Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent RFA No. 1202 of 2008 5 33. RFA No. 3653 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Bant Singh and others .. Respondents 34. RFA No. 3712 of 2008 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Appellant vs Bhag Singh and others .. Respondents 35. RFA No. 4398 of 2008 (O&M) Bhag Singh and others .. Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh .. Respondent 36. RFA No. 4656 of 2008 (O&M) Kaka Singh and another .. Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh and another .. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. R. K. Dhiman, Mr. P. C. Dhiman, and Mr. S. K. Jain, Advocates, for the landowners. Mrs. Lisa Gill, Advocate, for UT Chandigarh. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of a bunch of 36 appeals, as common questions of law and facts are involved. R.F.A. Nos. 1202, 3232 to 3234, 3433 to 3441, 3567, 3650, 4398 and 4656 of 2008 have been filed by the land owners seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. R.F.A. Nos. 2431 to 2446, 3546, 3653 and 3712 of 2008 have been filed by Union Territory, Chandigarh seeking reduction of the amount of compensation awarded by the learned court below. The facts have been extracted from R.F.A. No. 1202 of 2008. Briefly, the facts are that land situated in village Sarangpur, U.T., Chandigarh was acquired vide notification dated 23.12.1999 issued RFA No. 1202 of 2008 6 under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for setting up Chandigarh Botanical Garden. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') gave award of Rs. 9,70,898/- per acre for all kinds of land except Gair Mumkin Nadi, Nala, River Bed, Choe and Khadaan etc. Aggrieved against the same, the land owners filed objections which were referred to the learned Additional District Judge, Chandigarh, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, assessed the market value of the acquired land @ Rs. 15,50,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals. Learned counsel for the parties submitted that the issue involved in the present appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 2632 of 2005– Union Territory, Chandigarh vs Prabhjot Singh decided on 26.3.2009, whereby the appeals arise out of the same acquisition have been remitted back for fresh consideration. For the reasons recorded in Prabhjot Singh's case, the present appeals are disposed of in the same terms. Parties through their counsels are directed to appear before the learned District Judge, Chandigarh on 13.6.2009 for further proceedings. The learned District Judge may either keep the references with him or entrust the same to the Additional District Judge who is dealing with the cases remanded earlier. The appeals are disposed of in the manner indicated above. 28.4.2009 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge