RFA No. 1551 of 1991 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 1551 of 1991 (O&M) Date of decision : 26.4.2011 State of Haryana and another .....Appellants vs Saktu adopted son of Harnam Singh (since deceased) through LRs ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Anjum Ahmed, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta, Advocate, for the respondents. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of RFA No. 1551 of 1991 and 1574 of 1994 as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. By filing appeal, State of Haryana is seeking reduction of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing appeal the landowners are seeking enhancement thereof. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 8.4.1987 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short 'the Act'), the State of Haryana, sought to acquire land situated within the revenue estate of Jind and Village Haibatpur, Tehsil and District Jind, for development and utilisation thereof as residential area. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 60,000/- per acre for chahi and ` 50,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land of revenue estate of Jind and @ ` 45,000/- per acre for chahi and ` 50,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land for village Haibatpur. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,60,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned by both the parties before this court. RFA No. 1551 of 1991 (2) Learned counsel for the parties very fairly conceded that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 1295 of 1991- Rati Ram and others vs State of Haryana. , decided on 4.12.2009 whereby the compensation for the acquired land in question was determined @ ` 1,21,000/- per acre. Since this court had reduced the compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land, the claim of the landowners for further enhancement does not survive. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Rati Ram's case (supra), the appeal by the landowners is dismissed and the appeal filed by the State is disposed of in terms thereof. 26.4.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge