R. F. A No. 1826 of 2001 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 16.9.2008 1. R. F. A No. 1826 of 2001 (O&M) and Cross-Objection No. 55-CI of 2002 State of Haryana and another ..... Appellants vs Hans Raj and another ... Respondents 2. R. F. A No. 2494 of 2001 (O&M) Arjun Dev (died) through LRs. and another ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana ... Respondent 3. R. F. A No. 2495 of 2001 (O&M) M/s Super Handloom Industries, Panipat. ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana ... Respondent 4. R. F. A No. 2637 of 2001 (O&M) Kehar Singh ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ... Respondents 5. R. F. A No. 2899 of 2001 (O&M) and Cross-Objection No. 49-CI of 2002 State of Haryana and another ..... Appellants vs Bohti Devi (died) through LRs. and another ... Respondents 6. R. F. A No. 3191 of 2001 (O&M) Parmal Singh ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another ... Respondents 7. R. F. A No. 3209 of 2001 (O&M) Balkar Singh ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana ... Respondent 8. R. F. A No. 3831 of 2001 (O&M) Balbir Singh and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and others ... Respondents R. F. A No. 1826 of 2001 2 9. R. F. A No. 3872 of 2001 (O&M) Sampuran Singh and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ... Respondents 10. R. F. A No. 4441 of 2001 (O&M) Parmeshwari Devi and others ..... Appellants vs The Collector, Panipat and others ... Respondents 11. R. F. A No. 4554 of 2001 (O&M) Gurmit Singh and another ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and others ... Respondents 12. R. F. A No. 5040 of 2001 (O&M) Hari Chand ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ... Respondents 13. R. F. A No. 5041 of 2001 (O&M) Attar Singh Bedi ..... Appellant vs Land Acquisition Collector, Haryana ... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Ashwani Talwar, Advocate, for the appellants in R. F. A. Nos. 3209, 3872, 4554, 5040 and 5041 of 2001 and in R. F. A. No. 1826 of 2001 for the respondents. Mr. G. S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for Mr. M. L. Sharma, Advocate, for appellants in R. F. A. No. 4441 of 2001. Mr. H. S. Hooda, Advocate General, Haryana with Mr. Rajiv Kawatra, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, for the appellants in R. F. A. Nos. 1826 and 2899 of 2001 and in the remaining for the respondents Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of Regular First Appeal Nos. 2494, 2495, 2637, 3191, 3209, 3831, 3872, 4441, 4554, 5040, and 5041 of 2001 R. F. A No. 1826 of 2001 3 filed by the landowners, and Regular First Appeal No. 1826 and 2899 of 2001 filed by the State of Haryana, as the same arise out of the same acquisition. In R.F.A. No. 1826 and 2899 of 2001, landowners have also filed cross-objections. However, the facts have been extracted from R. F. A. No. 1826 of 2001. The claimants have approached this court for further enhancement, whereas the State of Haryana has filed the present appeal for reduction in the compensation. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 2.3.1993, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired 386.44 acres of land in Villages Nizampur, Sarai Bachhra, Azizulpur, Patti Maqdum Jagdan, Patti Taraf Insar and Faridpur, District Panipat, for public purpose namely for development and utilisation of land as residential and commercial area in Sector-18, Panipat. The landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 23.2.2001, determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 185.60 paise per square yard. Learned counsel for the appellant/landowners submitted that earlier some of the landowners as well as the State of Haryana filed appeals against earlier awards arising out of same acquisition which were dismissed on 29.11.2006. Thereafter, the landowners filed SLPs. before Hon'ble the Supreme Court but the same were also dismissed with a liberty to file review applications before the High Court. Review applications were filed which were disposed of by the Division Bench of this Court by a common order passed in R. A. No. 84 of 2007 in R. F. A. No. 2600 of 2001 – Bahadur Chand (since deceased) through L.R. Ravinder Kumar vs State of Haryana and another decided on 5.8.2008, whereby the market value of the acquired land in question was assessed at Rs. 206/- per square yard. It is further submitted that the issue involved in the present appeals is squarely covered by the Division Bench judgment of this court in Bahadur Chand 's case (supra). Learned Advocate General appearing for the State did not dispute this fact. For the detailed reasons recorded in Bahadur Chand's case R. F. A No. 1826 of 2001 4 (supra), the appeals filed by the State of Haryana are dismissed. However, the appeals as well as the cross-objections filed by the claimants/landowners are allowed in terms of Bahadur Chand's case (supra). 16.9.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge