R. F. A No. 1460 of 2005 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 9.3.2010 1. R. F. A No. 1460 of 2005 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Lakhmir Singh ..... Respondent 2. R. F. A No. 1462 of 2005 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Atma Singh and others ..... Respondents 3. R. F. A No. 1476 of 2005 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Narata Singh and others ..... Respondents 4. R. F. A No. 1497 of 2005 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Gurdev Singh and another ..... Respondents 5. R. F. A No. 1503 of 2005 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Paramjit Singh and others ..... Respondents 6. R. F. A No. 3776 of 2006 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Nachhattar Singh and another ..... Respondents 7. R. F. A No. 3777 of 2006 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Nirmal Kaur ..... Respondent 8. R. F. A No. 3778 of 2006 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Charan Kaur ..... Respondent R. F. A No. 1460 of 2005 2 9. R. F. A No. 3779 of 2006 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Chanchal Devi and others ..... Respondents 10. R. F. A No. 3780 of 2006 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Swaran Singh ..... Respondent 11. R. F. A No. 3781 of 2006 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Bhupinder Singh ..... Respondent 12. R. F. A No. 3782 of 2006 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Mrs. Surinder Kaur and another ..... Respondents 13. R. F. A No. 3783 of 2006 (O&M) Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Ashok Kumar and others ..... Respondents 14. R. F. A No. 5766 of 2008 (O&M) Chanan Singh and others ..... Appellants vs Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Respondent 15. R. F. A No. 3551 of 2009 (O&M) Manjit Kaur ..... Appellant vs Union Territory Chandigarh ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. P. C. Dhiman, Advocate, for the landowners. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of the aforesaid appeals, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The Union Territory, Chandigarh is in appeal 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 reduction in compensation for R. F. A No. 1460 of 2005 3 the acquired land whereas the landowners are seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. The facts have been extracted from RFA. No. 1460 of 2005. Briefly, the facts of the case are that Union Territory, Chandigarh vide notification dated 3.8.1999 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired the land situated in revenue estate of Village Kajheri, U.T Chandigarh, for development of third phase Sectors 53, 54 and 55 Chandigarh. The Land Acquisition Collector awarded compensation @ Rs. 11,95,198/- per acre. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ Rs. 15,05,000/-. Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the claim in the present set of appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 4238 of 2006 Mrs. Avtar Sachdev and others vs Union Territory, Chandigarh, decided on 2.4.2009 whereby the compensation for the acquisition in question was further enhanced to Rs. 20,78,400/- per acre. The fact stated by learned counsel for the appellants is borne out of the judgment referred to above. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Mrs. Avtar Sachdev's case (supra), the appeals filed by the landowners are allowed in the same terms. As none has appeared for Union Territory, Chandigarh, the appeals filed by it are dismissed in default. 9.3.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge