R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 18.3.2010 1) R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. MukandiLal and others .... Respondents 2) R.F.A.No. 5461 of 2001 Raghubir Singh and another .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 3) R.F.A.No. 5564 of 2001 Rajinder Kumar and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 4) R.F.A.No. 5750 of 2001 Smt. Savitri and others .... Appellants vs. The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 5) R.F.A.No. 5776 of 2001 Smt. Indero and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 6) R.F.A.No. 5792 of 2001 Gopi Chand and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 7) R.F.A.No. 5795 of 2001 Faqir Chand .... Appellant vs. Land Acquisition Collector, Haryana and another .... Respondents R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 -2- 8) R.F.A.No. 120 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Smt. Chand Kaur and others .... Respondents 9) R.F.A.No. 121 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Rajbir Singh .... Respondent 10) R.F.A.No. 122 of 2002 and Cross Objection No. 96-CI of 2007 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Parkeshwari (deceased through LRs) and others .... Respondents 11) R.F.A.No. 128 of 2002 Sh. Inder Singh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 12) R.F.A.No. 192 of 2002 Bilas Raj .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 13) R.F.A.No. 334 of 2002 Om Parkash .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 14) R.F.A.No. 385 of 2002 M/s Ganga Enterprises .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 -3- 15) R.F.A.No. 386 of 2002 Suresh Kumar .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 16) R.F.A.No. 656 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Smt. Sumitra Chaudhary and another .... Respondents 17) R.F.A.No. 657 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Faqir Chand .... Respondent 18) R.F.A.No. 658 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Major Kanwar Narpat Singh .... Respondent 19) R.F.A.No. 660 of 2002 The State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Pirthi Raj .... Respondent 20) R.F.A.No. 694 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Charan Singh .... Respondent 21) R.F.A.No. 695 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Raj Pal .... Respondent R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 -4- 22) R.F.A.No. 696 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Pirthi and others .... Respondents 23) R.F.A.No. 697 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Smt. Savitri and others .... Respondents 24) R.F.A.No. 698 of 2002 State of Haryana and others .... Appellants vs. Ranbir Singh and others .... Respondents 25) R.F.A.No. 699 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Omkar Singh and others .... Respondents 26) R.F.A.No. 700 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Virender Singh and another .... Respondents 27) R.F.A.No. 730 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Raghbir Singh and others .... Respondents 28) R.F.A.No. 819 of 2002 Smt. Kamla Devi .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 -5- 29) R.F.A.No. 1068 of 2002 Major Kanwar Narpat Singh .... Appellant vs. The Land Acquisition Collector, Haryana and another .... Respondents 30) R.F.A.No. 1246 of 2002 Naresh Kumar and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 31) R.F.A.No. 1460 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Ram Parkash and others .... Respondents 32) R.F.A.No. 1461 of 2002 State of Haryana and others .... Appellants vs. Smt. Kailashwanti and others .... Respondents 33) R.F.A.No. 1581 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Smt. Sukhdevi .... Respondent 34) R.F.A.No. 1583 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Smt. Sunita Devi .... Respondent 35) R.F.A.No. 2010 of 2002 Zile Singh and others .... Appellants vs. Land Acquisition Collector, Haryana and another .... Respondents R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 -6- 36) R.F.A.No. 2621 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. M/s Sham Lal & Sons Sajriya HUF and others .... Respondents 37) R.F.A.No. 2622 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Sham Lal .... Respondent 38) R.F.A.No. 2626 of 2002 Satish Kumar and others .... Appellants vs. Land Acquisition Collector and another .... Respondents 39) R.F.A.No. 2651 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Sewa Singh .... Respondent 40) R.F.A.No. 2652 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Tejvir Singh .... Respondent 41) R.F.A.No. 2715 of 2002 Smt. Sunita Devi .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 42) R.F.A.No. 2922 of 2002 Raj Rani .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 -7- 43) R.F.A.No. 2948 of 2002 Smt. Kailash Wanti and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents 44) R.F.A.No. 3077 of 2002 Smt. Krishna Kumari .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 45) R.F.A.No. 3078 of 2002 Sh.Sham Sunder .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 46) R.F.A.No. 3143 of 2002 M/s Sham Lal & Sons and others .... Appellants vs. Land Acquisition Collector and another .... Respondents 47) R.F.A.No. 3193 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Himat Singh .... Respondent 48) R.F.A.No. 3410 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Smt. Raj Rani .... Respondent 49) R.F.A.No. 3481 of 2002 Himat Singh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 -8- 50) R.F.A.No. 3482 of 2002 Tejvir Singh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 51) R.F.A.No. 3956 of 2002 The State of Haryana and others .... Appellants vs. Paras Singh and others .... Respondents 52) R.F.A.No. 3992 of 2002 Randhir Singh and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 53) R.F.A.No. 4013 of 2002 Rajbir Singh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 54) R.F.A.No. 4014 of 2002 Attar Singh .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 55) R.F.A.No. 4022 of 2002 Raghbir Singh and others .... Appellants vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 56) R.F.A.No. 4024 of 2002 Smt. Sukhdevi .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 -9- 57) R.F.A.No. 4025 of 2002 Smt. Sunita Devi .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 58) R.F.A.No. 4067 of 2002 Pirthi Raj .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 59) R.F.A.No. 4133 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. M/s Vijay Handloom Industries .... Respondent 60) R.F.A.No. 4134 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. M/s Prem Handloom Industries .... Respondent 61) R.F.A.No. 4135 of 2002 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Bajinder Singh and others .... Respondents 62) R.F.A.No. 4142 of 2002 M/s Prem Handloom Industries .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents 63) R.F.A.No. 4143 of 2002 M/s Vijay Handloom Industries .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 -10- 64) R.F.A.No. 4144 of 2002 M/s Vijay Handloom Industries .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. R. K. Malik, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vikas Malik, Advocate, Mr. Pritam Saini, Advocate, Ms. Sarpreet Kaur Ahluwalia, Advocate for Mr. S. S. Narula, Advocate, and Mr. Ashwani Kumar Bura, Advocate for Mr. Rameshwar Malik, Advocate for the landowners. Mr. Anjum Ahmed, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of the aforesaid appeals and cross- objections, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners have filed the appeals and cross-objections 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') seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas the State has filed the appeals seeking reduction in the compensation. The facts have been extracted from RFA. No. 5386 of 2001. Briefly the facts are that vide notification dated 2.3.1993 under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894( for short, 'the Act') State of Haryana acquired land in the revenue estates of villages Taraf Afgan, Malik Ugra Kheri and Ugra Kheri for public purpose namely for development and utilization of land as residential, industrial and commercial area for Sector-24, Panipat. The Land Acquisition Collector awarded different rates for the land pertaining to different villages. Dissatisfied with the award, the land owners filed objections, which were referred to learned Court below who vide judgment dated 31.7.2001 determined Rs. 178.40 per square yard as the amount of compensation payable for the entire land. Aggrieved against the award of learned Court below, the State is in appeal before this Court. R.F.A.No. 5386 of 2001 -11- Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issue involved in the present set of appeals and cross-objections is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 4778 of 2001 – Daljeet Singh vs State of Haryana and another, decided on 3.2.2010 whereby the fair value of the acquired land was enhanced to Rs. 206/- per square yard. Learned Additional Advocate General, Haryana, did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. Accordingly, for the detailed reasons recorded in Daljeet Singh's case (supra), the appeals and cross-objections are disposed of in the same terms. 18.3.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge