R.F.A. No. 2583 of 1997 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 2583 of 1997 (O&M) Date of decision : 19.1.2011 Jarnail Singh .... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- None for the landowners. Mr. Ajnum Ahmed, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Brijeshwar Singh Kanwar, Advocate, for Union of India. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order shall dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 2583, 2584 of 1997, 632 and 683 of 1998, the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners are seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land, whereas the Union of India is seeking reduction thereof. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 17.2.1990, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), State sought to acquire land situated in village Shamshabad, Tehsil and District Sirsa, for the construction of various buildings for development of 2 Forward Base Support Unit for Air Force. The same was followed by notification dated 12.3.1990, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') vide his award dated 12.6.1990 assessed the value of the acquired land @ ` 65,000/- per acre for nehri, ` 50,000/- per acre for barani, and ` 1,00,000/- per acre for land alongwith Sirsa-Dabwali road upto a depth of 40 karams from Sirsa-Dabwali Road and Gair mumkin plots. etc. and gair mumkin abadi land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, R.F.A. No. 2583 of 1997 (2) the learned court below assessed the compensation of the acquired land @ ` 7,20,000/- per acre upto the depth of 100 feet from GT Road and ` 4,75,000/- per acre beyond that. It is this award which is impugned by both the parties in the present set of appeals. No one has appeared for the landowners at the time of hearing. Learned counsel appearing for the Union of India submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 2382 of 1997- Union of India vs Dr. Balbir Singh and another, decided on 10.12.1998, whereby the market value of the land acquired vide same notification was assessed @ ` 5,41,760/- per acre. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in the aforesaid judgment, the impugned award of the learned court below is modified in terms of the aforesaid judgment. The appeals are disposed of accordingly. 19.1.2011. (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge