R.F.A. No. 482 of 2005 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R.F.A. No. 482 of 2005 (O&M) Date of decision : 7.12.2011 Chander Singh and others ....Appellants vs. State of Haryana and others ...Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Ms. Manisha Sahota, Advocate for Mr. Adarsh Jain, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') on 20.5.2004, seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 22.5.1995, issued under Section 4 of the Act, the State of Haryana sought to acquire land situated within the revenue estate of village Chandawali, Hadbast No. 82, Tehsil Ballabgarh, District Faridabad, for development and utilisation thereof as institutional, residential and commercial for Sector-65, Faridabad. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, ' the Collector') vide his award dated 6.5.1998 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ 4,00,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 290/- per square yard. Now the landowners have filed appeal seeking further enhancement of compensation. R.F.A. No. 482 of 2005 2 Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 2501 of 2001 – Ved Pal and others vs State of Haryana and others, decided on 3.5.2006, whereby the compensation awarded by the learned court below was further enhanced. Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. For the reasons recorded in Ved Pal's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 7.12.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge