R.F.A. No. 2492 of 1992 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. R.F.A. No. 2492 of 1992 (O&M) Date of Decision: 15.9.2010 Moharli @ Mohari (deceased) through LRs .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Mr. Mani Ram Verma, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order will dispose of a bunch of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 2492, 3179, 3790, 3817, 3857 to 3860 of 1992 and 1270 of 1993 and the cross- objections Nos. 30/CI of 2000 filed in RFA No. 3858 of 1992, arising out of common acquisition. The landowners have filed appeals and cross-objections seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing appeals the State of Haryana is seeking reduction of compensation. Briefly the facts are that vide notification dated 2.4.1986 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') the State of Haryana acquired land situated in the revenue estate of villages Paluwas and Bhiwani-Lohar, Tehsil and District Bhiwani, for establishment of 220 KV Sub- station at Bhiwani. The same was followed by notification dated 1.8.1986 issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') vide award dated 30.9.1986 assessed the compensation for the acquired land @ ` 20,000/- per acre for Nehri and ` 18,000/- for tal land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below on the basis of earlier award dated 29.4.1992, Ex. R-1, determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 48,400/- per acre. Aggrieved against the award of learned Court below, the landowners as well as the State are before this Court. Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals as well as cross-objections are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 2867 of 1992 – Ajit Singh Tanwar and others vs State of Haryana, decided on 25.2.2010, whereby the market value of the land acquired vide same notification dated 2.4.1986 in the village Bhiwani Lohar was assessed @ ` 80/- per square yard. It was a compact block of land. R.F.A. No. 2492 of 1992 -2- Learned counsel appearing of the State of Haryana did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. Since this court had enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners in Ajit Singh Tanwar's case (supra), for the acquired land, the appeals filed by the State for reduction do not survive. Accordingly, the same are dismissed. The appeals as well as the cross-objections filed by the landowners are disposed of in terms of judgment of this court in Ajit Singh Tanwar's case (supra). 15.9.2010. ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge