R.F.A. No. 887 of 1994 [ 1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 887 of 1994 (O&M) Date of decision: 29.7.2010 State of Haryana and another .. Appellants v. Ravinder Pal .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. ... Rajesh Bindal J. The State of Haryana is in appeal seeking reduction in the amount of compensation awarded by the learned court below to the land owner for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 6.11.1981, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), State of Haryana acquired the land in village Bohar for development and utilisation of land as residential and commercial area in Sector No. 1 of Urban Estate, Rohtak. The same was followed by notification issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') awarded compensation @ ` 32,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owner initially made reference under Section 28-A(3) of the Act seeking further enhancement of compensation, as was granted to other land owners. His claim was rejected by the Collector and thereafter on his application, reference was made to the learned court below under Section 28-A(3) of the Act. The learned court below held the application of the land owner within time and awarded compensation @ ` 20/- per square yard for the acquired land. It is against this order, the State of Haryana is in appeal. R.F.A. No. 887 of 1994 [ 2] Heard learned counsel for the State and perused the paper book. Considering the fact that in R.F.A. No. 2272 of 1990-- Net Ram v. Haryana State and another, decided on 13.8.2003, where the land owners were granted compensation @ ` 30/- per square yard for the same acquisition, I do not deem it appropriate to interfere with the impugned award. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 29.7.2010 mk