R.F.A. No. 1917 of 2004 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: September 25, 2008 (1) R.F.A. No. 1917 of 2004 Rameshwar Dayal .. Appellant. Vs. State of Haryana and others .. Respondents (2) R.F.A. No. 2549 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Jag Dev and others .. Respondents (3) R.F.A. No. 2550 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Randhir and others .. Respondents (4) R.F.A. No. 2551 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Jug Lal and others .. Respondents (5) R.F.A. No. 2552 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. M/s J.S. Concrete Pipe Industries and others .. Respondents R.F.A. No. 1917 of 2004 [2] (6) R.F.A. No. 2553 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Magna Bai and others .. Respondents (7) R.F.A. No. 2554 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Ram Chander and others .. Respondents (8) R.F.A. No. 2555 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Mahipal and others .. Respondents (9) R.F.A. No. 2556 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Hukam Chand and others .. Respondents (10) R.F.A. No. 2557 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Ghisa Singh and others .. Respondents R.F.A. No. 1917 of 2004 [3] (11) R.F.A. No. 2558 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Raj Kumar and others .. Respondents (12) R.F.A. No. 2560 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Rohtas and others .. Respondents (13) R.F.A. No. 2561 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Jag Raj and others .. Respondents (14) R.F.A. No. 2562 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Udai Singh and others .. Respondents (15) R.F.A. No. 2610 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellants Vs. Shish Pal and others .. Respondents R.F.A. No. 1917 of 2004 [4] (16) R.F.A. No. 2771 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation .. Appellant Vs. Kapoor Singh and others .. Respondents (17) R.F.A. No. 2772 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation .. Appellant Vs. Dhan Singh and others .. Respondents (18) R.F.A. No. 2773 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation .. Appellant Vs. Rattan Lal and others .. Respondents (19) R.F.A. No. 2774 of 2005 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and another .. Appellant Vs. Jag Dev and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. R.S.Mamli, Advocate for the appellant in R.F.A. No. 1917 of 2004. Ms. Kiran Bala Jain, Advocate for Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. in all the appeals. Mr. Deepak Girotra, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana for the State. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of the above mentioned R.F.A. Nos. 1917 of R.F.A. No. 1917 of 2004 [5] 2004, 2549 to 2558, 2560 to 2562, 2610, 2771 to 2774 of 2005, as the same arise out of common acquisition. R.F.A. No. 1917 of 2004 has been filed by the land owner for enhancement of compensation awarded by the Court below. R.F.A. Nos. 2549 to 2558, 2560 to 2562, 2610, 2771 to 2774 of 2005 have been filed by the Haryana State Industries Development Corporation Ltd. seeking reduction of compensation. The facts have been extracted from R.F.A. No. 1917 of 2004. Briefly, the facts are that land measuring 8723 kanals 7 marlas situated in many villages of Tehsil Bawal, District Rewari was acquired vide notification dated 10.9.1992 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for setting up of growth centre at Bawal, District Rewari. The same was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act on 3.9.1993. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') gave award of Rs. 1,19,000/- per acre for chahi, Rs. 85,000/- per acre for Barani, Rs. 1,19,000/- per acre for gair mumkin and Rs. 1,25,000/- per acre near road in Village Chirhara. The Collector also awarded compensation @ Rs. 2,00,000/- per acre of the land situated on both sides of National Highway No. 8 upto the depth of two acres. Feeling dissatisfied, the land owners filed objections which were referred to the learned Additional District Judge, Rewari, who keeping in view the material placed on reocrd by the parties, determined the fair value of the acquired land @ Rs. 4,00,000/- per acre. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that vide order dated 6.9.2006, passed in R.F.A. No. 703 of 2003—Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation and others v. Mehar Chand and others, the award of the learned Court below pertaining to the same acquisition was set aside and the matter was remitted back for fresh consideration in the light of the observations made therein. For the reasons stated in Mehar Chand's case (supra), the impugned award of the learned Court below is set aside and the matter is remitted back to the Reference Court to be dealt with in terms of the order passed by this Court in the aforesaid case. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 25.9.2008 mk R.F.A. No. 1917 of 2004 [6]