RFA No. 2072 of 1989 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 2072 of 1989 (O&M) Date of Decision: 19.12.2011 Udmi Ram (deceased) through LRs and others ...Appellants Versus The State of Haryana .....Respondent CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. C.B Geol, Mr. Nitin Jain and Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, Advocates for the landowners. Mr. Ashok Jindal, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. This order will dispose of two appeals bearing RFA Nos. 2072 and 2073 of 1989 as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. The landowners are in appeal seeking enhancement of compensation awarded by the learned court below. RFA No. 2072 of 1989 2 Brief facts of the case are that land measuring 11.05 acres situated in the revenue estate of village Sikanderpur, District Gurgaon was acquired by the State of Haryana for the purpose of development of a Sector Road vide notification, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “the Act”), on 10.12.1984. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short “the Collector”) vide his award assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,24,800/- per acre for Chahi, @ ` 1,04,960/- per acre for Magda, @ ` 35,200/- per acre for Gair Mumkin and ` 44,800/- for Banjar kind of land. The landowners feeling dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, filed reference under Section 18 of the Act. The learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,77,110/- per acre. Learned counsel for the landowners very fairly submitted that the present appeals are covered by the judgment of this Court in RFA No. 677 of 1993, decided on 11.5.2009, titled as M/s D.L.F. Hotels Limited Vs. State of Haryana,, whereby compensation was assessed @ ` 2,51,333/- per acre. For the reasons mentioned in M/s DLF Hotels Limited’s case (supra), the present appeals are disposed of in the same terms. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 19.12.2011 sharmila