RFA No. 4231 of 2006 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 30.3.2010 1. RFA No. 4231 of 2006 (O&M) Vijay Kumar ..... Appellant vs State of Punjab and others .... Respondents 2. RFA No. 3087 of 2007 (O&M) Harjit Kaur and others ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and another .... Respondents 3. RFA No. 4106 of 2007 (O&M) Gurmit Singh ..... Appellant vs State of Punjab and another .... Respondents 4. RFA No. 719 of 2008 (O&M) Thakar Singh ..... Appellant vs State of Punjab and another .... Respondents 5. RFA No. 2404 of 2008 (O&M) Greater Mohali Area Development Authority ..... Appellant vs Mohan Singh and another .... Respondents 6. RFA No. 2620 of 2008 (O&M) Madan Gopal and others ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and others .... Respondents 7. RFA No. 2621 of 2008 (O&M) Ram Singh ..... Appellant vs State of Punjab and another .... Respondents 8. RFA No. 2883 of 2008 and Cross-objection No. 87/CI of 2009 (O&M) Sukhdev Kumar and others ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and others .... Respondents RFA No. 4231 of 2006 -2- 9. RFA No. 3390 of 2008 (O&M) Piare Lal and others ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and another .... Respondents 10. RFA No. 3785 of 2008 (O&M) Sarabjit Singh and others ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and others .... Respondents 11. RFA No. 5202 of 2008 (O&M) Jatinder Dev Sharma and others ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and others .... Respondents 12. RFA No. 933 of 2009 (O&M) Thakardwara Mandir Patti Brotiwala Kalyan Sabha Society (Regd.) ..... Appellant vs State of Punjab and another .... Respondents 13. RFA No. 1548 of 2009 (O&M) Jaswinder Kaur Charitable Trust ..... Appellant vs State of Punjab and another .... Respondents 14 RFA No. 3363 of 2009 (O&M) Ram Parsad and another ..... Appellants vs The State of Punjab and others .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Deepak Sharma, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Navdeep Sukhna, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Pankaj Jain, Mr. Vikram Sharda and Mr. H. P. S. Ghuman, Advocates for GMADA. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of the aforesaid appeals and cross- objections, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners are seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority is seeking reduction in the compensation. RFA No. 4231 of 2006 -3- The facts have been noticed from RFA No. 4231 of 2006. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Punjab vide notification dated 21.2.2000 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), acquired land of Village Sohana, Tehsil and District Mohali, for setting up of residential Urban Estate. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land at different rates for the land situated at different places. 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 @ Rs. 17 lacs per acre. It is this award of compensation which is impugned in the present set of appeals. Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issue raised in the present set of appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in RFA No. 3004 of 2006 – Surjit Singh vs State of Punjab and another decided on 2.3.2009, whereby the compensation payable for acquisition of land vide same notification has been further enhanced. Learned State counsel and the counsels appearing for Greater Mohali Area Development Authority did not dispute this factual position. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in Surjit Singh's case (supra), the appeals and the cross-objections are disposed of in the same terms. 30.3.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge