RFA No. 264 of 2012 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 264 of 2012 (O&M) Date of decision : 20.03.2012 Ram Bhaj ...Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ..Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:. Mr. D.S. Nain, Advocate for the landowner. Rajesh Bindal, J. The landowner is in appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 9.8.2002 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “the Act”), the State of Haryana sought to acquire land measuring 277.36 acres situated in the revenue estate of village Patti Kaiseth Seth Hadbast No. 24, Tehsil and Distrcit Kaithal for development and utilization thereof as commercial, residential and industrial Sector-21, Kaithal. The same was followed by notification dated 8.8.2003, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') vide award dated 5.8.2005 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 5,00,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowner filed objections. On reference, the learned court below assessed compensation for the acquired land @ ` 280/- per square yard. Still dissatisfied, the landowner has filed the present appeal before this Court. Learned counsel for the landowner very fairly submitted that the claim made in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of RFA No. 264 of 2012 2 this Court in RFA No. 254 of 2008—Parveen Kumari Vs. State of Haryana and others, decided on 04.04.2011, whereby the award of the learned reference court assessing compensation @ ` 280/- per square yard was upheld and as such no case for enhancement of compensation is made out. For the reasons recorded in Parveen Kumari's case (supra), the present appeal is dismissed. Consequently the accompanying application for condonation of delay in filing the appeal is also dismissed. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 20.03.2012 sharmila