In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2257 of 2002 and Cross-objection No. 7/CI of 2003(O&M) State of Haryana and another ... Appellants vs Suresh Chander ... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. B. S. Rana, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Ashwani Talwar, Advocate, for the objector/ respondent. Rajesh Bindal J. The State is in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below seeking reduction of compensation for the acquired land, whereas the respondent has filed cross-objection for enhancement thereof. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Haryana vide notification dated 23.2.1989 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 (for short, “the Act”), acquired land for public purpose namely for the development and utilisation of land as residential and commercial area in Sector- 17, Panipat. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the land @ Rs. 2,00,000/- per acre for chahi land and Rs. 1,25,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. The learned Additional District Judge, Panipat, awarded the compensation @ Rs. 81/- per square yard. Learned counsel for the respondent/objector submitted that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in Review Application No. 31/C-I of 2007 in R.F.A. No. 1379 of 1994– Nand Lal and others vs State of Haryana and another, decided on 31.8.2007, whereby the landowners were granted compensation @ of Rs. 139/- per square yard. Learned Additional Advocate General, Haryana does not dispute the facts stated by the counsel for the respondent. For the detailed reasons stated in Nand Lal's case (supra), the present appeal is dismissed and the cross-objections filed by the respondent are allowed in the same terms. 30.5.2009 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge