RFA No.1333 of 2003 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.1333 of 2003 Date of Decision: 1.7.2010 State of Haryana and another ..Appellants. Vs. Harish Chand and others ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr.Anjum Ahmed, Addl.AG Haryana for the appellants. RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. By this order, I shall be disposing of eleven Regular First Appeals bearing Nos.1333 to 1343 of 2003 having been filed by the State of Haryana against the award of Additional District Judge, Faridabad dated 16.8.2002 by which compensation has been assessed @ Rs.315/- per sq.yard besides awarding statutory benefits under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 as amended (for short `the Act'). Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that land measuring 99.33 acres situated in village Chandawali District Faridabad was notified with the issuance of notification dated 12.3.1996 under Section 4 of the Act for a public purpose, namely, for development of institutional, residential and commercial Sector 64 by HUDA. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land to the tune of Rs.4 lacs per acre. The claimants were not satisfied with the award, therefore, they RFA No.1333 of 2003 -2- preferred Objections under Section 18 of the Act which were referred by the Collector to the Civil Court where both the parties filed pleadings and led evidence. The learned Reference Court while examining the evidence of the State/appellants had observed that none of the sale deeds Ex.R1 to Ex.R25 give value of more than Rs.4 lacs, therefore, all the sale deeds were kept out of consideration because section 25 of the Act provides that the Court cannot assess the compensation less than the award of the Collector. No other evidence was led by the appellant, however, being dissatisfied with the award of the Reference Court, they have preferred the present appeals. Learned counsel for the appellants is at pains in arguing that compensation awarded is on the higher side but he could not find fault with the reasoning of the Reference Court especially when the award of the Reference Court has been further modified by this Court in RFA No.1924 of 2003 in LAC case No.221 of 2000 titled as Moti Ram and others Vs. State of Haryana in which the compensation has been further enhanced from Rs.315/- per square yard to Rs.490/- per square yard. In view of the above circumstances, I do not find any merit in the present appeals and the same are hereby dismissed, however, without any order as to costs. (Rakesh Kumar Jain) 1.7.2010 Judge Meenu