R. F. A No. 3808 of 2003 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 3808 of 2003 (O&M) Date of decision : 22.9.2008 Sati Dadi (Mangaliwala) Trust ..... Appellant vs Haryana State and others ... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Jaswant Jain, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Rajiv Kawatra, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner has approached this court for further enhancement of compensation awarded by the learned court below. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 21.3.1991 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired 429.75 acres of land, for development and utilisation of land as residential purposes for Sector-16 and parts of Sectors 11, 13, 15 and 17 Hissar. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the land at the following rates:- Category of land Details of land Rate awarded per acre A South-West of Vishwaspuram and adjoining fields on Tosham Hissar Road Rs. 3,00,000/- B Land abutting Hissar-Rajgarh Railway Line Rs. 2,50,000/- C The land where disposal of HUDA flows-down and stagnates, which is situated in the shape of sewer pool Rs. 2,00,000/- Dissatisfied with the award of the Land Acquisition Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 14.6.2003, determined the market value of the acquired land @ of Rs. 140.50 paise per square yard for the lands falling within the distance of 500 feet from the State Highway and for the remaining lands the market value was assessed @ of Rs. 125/- per square yard. R. F. A No. 3808 of 2003 2 Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the claim of the appellant is squarely covered by a Division Bench judgment of this court in L. P. A. No. 953 of 2000 – Partap Singh and another vs State of Haryana and another decided on 11.1.2006, whereby the market value of the acquired land was fixed at a uniform rate of Rs. 235/- per square yard. Learned Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, did not dispute this fact. For the detailed reasons recorded in Partap Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 22.9.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge