R.F.A. No. 2496 of 1998 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (1) R.F.A. No. 2496 of 1998 Date of decision: 16.9.2008 State of Haryana and another .. Appellants v. Krishan Lal and another .. Respondent (2) R.F.A. No. 3166 of 1998 State of Haryana .. Appellant v. Krishan Chand and others .. Respondents (3) R.F.A. No. 3168 of 1998 State of Haryana and another .. Appellants v. Smt. Bishan Devi and another .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Shri H.S. Hooda, Advocate General, Haryana with Mr. Rajiv Kawatra, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for the appellants. Mr. S. S. Kamboj, Advocate for Mr. Avnish Mittal, Advocate for respondent No.1 in R.F.A. No. 3166 of 1998. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of the above-mentioned three appeals as the same arise out of the common award dated 1.5.1998, passed by Additional District Judge, Jagadhri. However, the facts have been extracted from R.F.A. No. 2496 of 1998. Briefly, the facts are that land measuring 71.66 acres was acquired by Haryana Urban Development Authority vide notification dated 5.4.1990 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for construction of the residential colony. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the value of the acquired land at Rs. 1,16,000/- per acre. R.F.A. No. 2496 of 1998 [2] To the value so assessed by the Collector, the appellants filed objections which were referred to the learned Additional District Judge for consideration. The learned Additional District Judge vide judgment dated 1.5.1998 determined the value of the land as on the date of acquisition at Rs. 4,00,000/- per acre. It is against this award of the learned Court below that the State of Haryana has approached the Court for reduction in the amount of compensation. Learned counsel for the State submits that the claim made by the appellants in the present case does not survive in view of the judgment of this Court in R.F.A. No. 3954 of 2001 –Nakli Ram and others v. State of Haryana and another, decided on 3.5.2006, whereby in appeals by the land owners, the compensation has further been enhanced. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in Nakli Ram's case (supra), the present appeals are dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 16.9.2008. mk