R.F.A. No. 5737 of 2001 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. R.F.A. No. 5737 of 2001 (O&M) Date of Decision: 4.8.2010 Harbhajan Singh and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Mr. Rishu Mahajan, Advocate for Mr. Harkesh Manuja, Advocate, and Mr. R. K. Gupta, Advocate, for the land-owners. Mr. H. S. Hooda, Advocate General, Haryana with Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order will dispose of a bunch of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 5737 and 5459 of 2001, 422, 834, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2280, 2620 and 2624 of 2002, 515, 824, 1057, 1410, 1427, and 3116 of 2003, 2520 and 2521 of 2004, 4303, 4304 and 4305 of 2006, 2636 and 2888 of 2007 arising out of common acquisition. The landowners have filed appeals seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing appeals the State is seeking reduction of compensation. Briefly the facts are that vide notification dated 2.3.1993 under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') the State of Haryana acquired land in the revenue estates of villages Taraf Afgan, Malik Ugra Kheri and Ugra Kheri for development and utilization thereof as residential, industrial and commercial area for Sector-24, Panipat. The same was followed by notification dated 1.3.94 issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') awarded different rates for the land pertaining to different villages, detail of which is given as under:- Sr. No. Name of Village Kind of Land Rate (per acre) 1 Taraf Afgan Chahi ` 6,00,000/- 2 Malik Ugra Kheri Chahi ` 4,00,000/- Barani ` 3,50,000/- Gair Mumkin ` 2,75,000/- 3 Ugra Kheri Chahi ` 4,00,000/- Barani ` 3,50,000/- Gair Mumkin ` 2,75,000/- R.F.A. No. 5737 of 2001 -2- Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections, which were referred to learned Court below who on the basis of material placed on record by the parties, determined market value of the acquired land @ ` 178.40 per square yard. Aggrieved against the award of learned Court below, the landowners as well as the State are in appeal before this Court. Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 4778 of 2001 Daljeet Singh vs State of Haryana and another, decided on 3.2.2010, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land was further enhanced to ` 206/- per square yards. Learned Advocate General, Haryana, did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. In view of the above, the appeals filed by the State seeking reduction of compensation are dismissed and that of the landowners are disposed of in terms of Daljeet Singh's case (supra). 4.8.2010. ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge