R.F.A. No. 2467 of 2011 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. R.F.A. No. 2467 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 23.5.2011 State of Haryana and others .... Appellants vs Dharampal and others .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order shall dispose of RFA Nos. 2467 to 2470 of 2011, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The State of Haryana has filed the present set of appeals seeking reduction of compensation awarded to the landowners for the acquired land. Briefly the facts of the case are that the State of Haryana sought to acquire land for construction of Deepal Minor vide notification dated 21.6.2002 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short 'the Act'), situated within the revenue estate of Hansi, District Hisar. Notification under Section 6 of the Act was issued on 30.1.2003. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short 'the Collector') vide award dated 18.1.2005 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 2,22,000/- per acre for nehri kind of land. The land owners being dissatisfied with the award of the Collector filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned Court below assessed the compensation of the acquired land @ ` 3,00,000/- per acre for all kinds of land vide award dated 30.7.2010. Aggrieved against the award of the learned court below, the State is in appeal before this court. R.F.A. No. 2467 of 2011 (2) Learned State counsel did not dispute the fact that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 566 of 2011 -State of Haryana and others vs Krishan Kumar and others , decided on 3.2.2011, whereby the appeals filed by the State were dismissed. For the reasons recorded in Krishan Kumar's case (supra), the appeals are dismissed. Consequently, the accompanying applications are also dismissed. 23.5.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge