RFA No. 2619 of 2004 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2619 of 2004 (O&M) Date of decision : 15.2.2011 Parmod Kumar Pandhi ... Appellant vs The State of Haryana and another .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Sanjeev Roy, Advocate for Mr. Shiv Kumar, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner is in appeal before this court seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 8.5.1995, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired land in Village Unchagaon, Tehsil Ballabgarh, District Faridabad, for development and utilisation thereof as commercial, residential and institutional for Sector-61, Faridabad. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”) assessed the market value of the land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 400/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that though this court had decided the claim of the appellant regarding valuation of land in terms of judgment of this court in RFA No. 2501 of 2001- Ved Pal and others vs State of Haryana and others, decided on 3.5.2006, in which for the land pertaining to village Jharsetli acquired for the purpose of development of Sector-61, Faridabad, compensation was assessed @ ` 450/- per square yard, later on the same was clarified to mean that land of all the RFA No. 2619 of 2004 (2) villages acquired for Sector-61, Faridabad would be valued at ` 500/- per square yard. He has referred to order dated 9.1.2008 passed in RFA No. 1507 of 2001 Vinay Kumar Aggarwal vs State of Haryana and another and order dated 27.7.2009 passed in RFA No. 1684 of 2001 Nanak Chand vs State of Haryana and others. The aforesaid facts are not disputed by learned counsel for the State. The land in question has been acquired for the purpose of development as Sector-61, Faridabad. Considering the aforesaid facts and the orders cited by learned counsel for the appellant, the amount of compensation awarded to the appellant in the present case is enhanced to ` 500/- per square yard. The award of the learned court below is modified to the extent mentioned above. Rest of the directions remain as such. The appeal stands disposed of. 15.2.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge