R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: February 04, 2009 1. R. F. A. No. 2697 of 1999(O&M) Harjinder Singh and another ..... Appellants vs Land Acquisition Collector, Industries Department, Punjab and others .... Respondents 2. R.F.A. NO.1526 of 2000 Balwinder Singh (deceased) through LRs and others .....Appellants vs The Collector and others .....Respondents 3. R.F.A. No. 1783 of 2000 The Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Limited ......Appellant vs Nidhan Singh and another .......Respondents 4. R.F.A. No. 1784 of 2000 (O&M) The Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Limited ......Appellant vs Jagtar Singh and others ......Respondents 5. R.F.A. No.1852 of 2000 (O&M) The Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Limited ......Appellant vs Mohan Singh and others ......Respondents 6. R.F.A. No.1865 of 2000 The Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Limited ......Appellant vs Balwant Singh and others .....Respondents 7. R.F.A. No.1866 of 2000 The Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Limited ......Appellant vs Satinder Pal Singh and others .......Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [2] 8. R.F.A. No. 1990 of 2000 Sham Singh(deceased) through L.Rs and others ...Appellants vs The Collector and another ...Respondent 9. R.F.A. No. 2334 of 2001 Bhajan Singh and others ...Appellants vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another ...Respondents 10. R.F.A. No. 3138 of 2001 Daljit Kaur ....Appellant vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another ....Respondents 11. R.F.A. No. 4605 of 2001 Darshan Singh .....Appellant vs Punjab State and others .....Respondents 12. R.F.A. No. 1943 of 2002(O&M) M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Smt. Nasib Kaur and others ....Respondents 13. R.F.A. No. 1944 of 2002(O&M) M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Smt. Jaswant Kaur and others ....Respondents 14. R.F.A. No. 1945 of 2002(O&M) M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Mehar Singh @ Gujjar Singh and others ....Respondents 15. R.F.A. No. 2072 of 2002(O&M) The Collector and another ....Appellants vs Baljinder Singh ....Respondent 16. R.F.A. No. 2073 of 2002 The Collector and another .....Appellants vs Makhan Singh .....Respondent R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [3] 17. R.F.A. No.2074 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Gurdev Singh and another .......Respondents 18. R.F.A. No.2075 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Tara Singh and others .......Respondents 19. R.F.A. No.2076 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Smt. Gurmel Kaur and another .......Respondents 20. R.F.A. No.2077 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Dayal Singh .......Respondent 21. R.F.A. No.2078 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Nazar Singh .......Respondent 22. R.F.A. No.2079 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Joginder Singh .......Respondent 23. R.F.A. No.2080 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Bhagat Singh and another .......Respondents 24. R.F.A. No.2081 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Lal Singh .......Respondent 25. R.F.A. No.2082 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Dalbara Singh .......Respondent R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [4] 26. R.F.A. No.2083 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Smt. Jaswant Kaur .......Respondent 27. R.F.A. No.2084 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Gurjit Singh .......Respondent 28. R.F.A. No.2085 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Mukhtiar Singh .......Respondent 29. R.F.A. No.2086 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Shiv Kaur .......Respondent 30. R.F.A. No.2087 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Harpal Singh .......Respondent 31. R.F.A. No.2088 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Harpal Singh .......Respondent 32. R.F.A. No.2089 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Kuldip Kaur .......Respondent 33. R.F.A. No.2090 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Jagjiwan Singh and others .......Respondents 34. R.F.A. No.2091 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Surjit Kaur and others .......Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [5] 35. R.F.A. No.2092 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Mehar Singh @ Gujjar Singh and others .......Respondents 36. R.F.A. No.2093 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Tara Singh and others .......Respondents 37. R.F.A. No.2094 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Baldev Singh and another .......Respondents 38. R.F.A. No.2095 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Smt. Nazib Kaur and others .......Respondents 39. R.F.A. No.2096 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Jaswant Singh and others .......Respondents 40. R.F.A. No.2097 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Jaswant Singh and others .......Respondents 41. R.F.A. No.2098 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Kaur Singh .......Respondent 42. R.F.A. No.2099 of 2002 (O&M) The Collector and another ......Appellants vs Tarlochan Kaur .......Respondent 43. R. F. A. No. 2336 of 2002 (O&M) Harpal Singh ... Appellant vs Land Acquisition Collector and another ... Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [6] 44. R. F. A. No. 2337 of 2002 (O&M) Nachhattar Singh and others ... Appellants vs The Collector and another ... Respondents 45. R. F. A. No. 2338 of 2002 (O&M) Smt. Jaswant Kaur ... Appellant vs The Collector and another ... Respondents 46. R. F. A. No. 2339 of 2002 (O&M) Mehar Singh alias Gujjar Singh and others ... Appellants vs Land Acquisition Collector and another ... Respondents 47. R. F. A. No. 2490 of 2002 (O&M) M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Limited ... Appellant vs Harpal Singh and others ... Respondents 48. R.F.A No. 2531 of 2002 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Baljinder Singh and others ....Respondents 49. R. F. A. No. 2929 of 2002 (O&M) Tarlochan Kaur ... Appellant vs The Collector and another ... Respondents 50. R. F. A. No. 2933 of 2002 (O&M) Mukhtiar Singh ... Appellant vs The Collector and another ... Respondents 51. R. F. A. No. 2943 of 2002 (O&M) Bhagat Singh and another ... Appellants vs The Collector and another ... Respondents 52. R. F. A. No. 2944 of 2002 (O&M) Smt. Mukhtiar Kaur and others ... Appellants vs The Collector and another ... Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [7] 53. R. F. A. No. 2954 of 2002 (O&M) Jaswant Singh and others ... Appellants vs The Collector and another ... Respondents 54. R. F. A. No. 2958 of 2002 (O&M) Joginder Singh ... Appellant vs The Collector and another ... Respondents 55. R. F. A. No. 2959 of 2002 (O&M) Smt. Gurmail Kaur and another ... Appellants vs The Collector and another ... Respondents 56. R. F. A. No. 2961 of 2002 (O&M) Khushia Singh (deceased) through LRs. and others ... Appellants vs The Collector and another ... Respondents 57. R. F. A. No. 3589 of 2002 (O&M) M/s Vardhman Spinning and General Mills ... Appellant vs Lal Singh and others ... Respondents 58. R. F. A. No. 3590 of 2002 (O&M) M/s Vardhman Spinning and General Mills ... Appellant vs Kaur Singh and others ... Respondents 59. R.F.A. No.1029 of 2003 Jagtar Singh and others ......Appellants vs The Collector and another .......Respondents 60. R.F.A. No.1658 of 2003 (O&M) M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Limited ......Appellant vs Tara Singh and others .......Respondents 61. R.F.A. No.1659 of 2003 (O&M) M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Limited ......Appellant vs Tara Singh and others .......Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [8] 62. R.F.A. No.2003 of 2003 Gurnaib Singh and another ......Appellants vs The Collector and another .......Respondents 63. R.F.A. No.2004 of 2003 Gurnaib Singh and others ......Appellants vs The Collector and another .......Respondents 64. R.F.A. No.2005 of 2003 Pritam Singh and another ......Appellants vs The Collector and another .......Respondents 65. R.F.A. No.2349 of 2003 Angrej Singh ......Appellant vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another .......Respondents 66. R.F.A. No.2576 of 2003 Sardara Singh ......Appellant vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another .......Respondents 67. R.F.A. No.2577 of 2003 Amrik Singh (deceased) through LRs and another ......Appellants vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another .......Respondents 68. R.F.A. No.2581 of 2003 Darshan Singh and another ......Appellants vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another .......Respondents 69. R.F.A. No.2647 of 2003 Sucha Singh and others ......Appellants vs The Collector and another .......Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [9] 70. R.F.A. No.2655 of 2003 Harjit Singh and another ......Appellants vs The Collector and others .......Respondents 71. R.F.A. No.2759 of 2003 Gurdial Kaur and another ......Appellants vs The Land Acquisition Collector and others .......Respondents 72. R.F.A. No.2862 of 2003 Bhajan Singh and another ......Appellants vs The Collector and others .......Respondents 73. R.F.A. No.3030 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ......Appellant vs Bachittar Singh and others .......Respondents 74. R.F.A. No.3104 of 2003 Kuldeep Singh and another ......Appellants vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another .......Respondents 75. R.F.A. No.3105 of 2003 (O&M) Madan Lal and others ......Appellants vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another .......Respondents 76. R.F.A. No.3110 of 2003 (O&M) Mushtarka Malkan ......Appellant vs The Collector and others .......Respondents 77. R.F.A. No.3547 of 2003 The Kirti Nagar Co-operative House Building Society Ltd. ......Appellant vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another .......Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [10] 78. R.F.A. No.3248 of 2003 Mukhtiar Singh (deceased) through LRs. ......Appellant vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another .......Respondents 79. R.F.A. No.3269 of 2003 (O&M) Dalbara Singh @ Darbara Singh ......Appellant vs Punjab State through Collector and others .......Respondents 80. R.F.A. No.3477 of 2003 (O&M) Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ......Appellant vs Amarjit Singh and others .......Respondents 81. R.F.A. No.3478 of 2003 (O&M) Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ......Appellant vs Jagtar Singh and others .......Respondents 82. R.F.A. No. 3479 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Tejinder Kaur and others ....Respondents 83. R.F.A. No. 3480 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Hoshiara Singh and others ....Respondents 84. R.F.A. No. 3481 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Smt. Nasib Kaur and others ....Respondents 85. R.F.A. No.3482 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Anokh Singh (deceased) through LRs and others ....Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [11] 86. R.F.A. No.3483 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Malak Singh and others ....Respondents 87. R.F.A. No. 3484 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs M/s Tunu Enterprises and others ....Respondents 88. R.F.A. No. 3485 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Sham Sunder Bhaskar and others .....Respondents 89. R.F.A. No. 3486 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Hari Ram and others ....Respondents 90. R.F.A. No. 3487 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Daljit Kaur and others ....Respondents 91. R.F.A. No. 3488 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Gurmail Singh and others ....Respondents 92. R.F.A. No. 3489 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Devinder Singh and others ....Respondents 93. R.F.A. No. 3490 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Beeru Ram and others ....Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [12] 94. R.F.A. No.3491 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Surinder Kaur and others ....Respondents 95. R.F.A. No. 3591 of 2003 M/s Uni Tech Enterprises ....Appellant vs The Collector and another .....Respondents 96. R.F.A. No. 3592 of 2003 Nachhattar Singh Gill ...Appellant vs The Collector and others ....Respondents 97. R.F.A. No. 3833 of 2003 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Om Parkash and others ....Respondents 98. R.F.A. No. 4068 of 2003 Bachittar Singh and others ....Appellants vs The Land Acquisition Collector and others ....Respondents 99. R.F.A. No. 4354 of 2003 The Land Acquisition Collector and another ....Appellants vs The Kirti Nagar Cooperative House Buildings Society Ltd. ....Respondent 100. R.F.A. No. 4392 of 2003 The Land Acquisition Collector and others ...Appellants vs Gaya Prashad ....Respondent 101. R.F.A. No. 4393 of 2003 The Land Acquisition Collector and others ...Appellants vs Bahadur Singh ...Respondent R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [13] 102. R.F.A. No. 4394 of 2003 The Land Acquisition Collector and another ...Appellants vs Pawan Deep Sandhu ...Respondent 103. R.F.A.No.4395 of 2003 The Collector and another .....Appellants vs M/s Uni Tech Enterprises .....Respondent 104. R.F.A No. 4397 of 2003 The Land Acquisition Collector and another .....Appellants vs Gurcharan Singh .....Respondent 105. R.F.A No.4398 of 2003 The Collector and another ....Appellants vs Nachhattar Singh Gill and another ....Respondents 106. R.F.A No. 4399 of 2003 The Land Acquisition Collector and another ....Appellants vs Smt. Surinder Kaur ....Respondent 107. R.F.A No. 4400 of 2003 The Land Acquisition Collector and another ....Appellants vs Piara Singh .....Respondent 108. R.F.A No. 4478 of 2003 M/s Tunu Enterprises and another .....Appellants vs State of Punjab and others .....Respondents 109. R.F.A No. 4479 of 2003 Sham Sunder Bhaskar ....Appellant vs State of Punjab and others ....Respondents 110. R.F.A No. 627 of 2004 Amrik Singh ....Appellant vs Punjab State and others ....Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [14] 111. R.F.A No.633 of 2004 Kulwant Singh and another ....Appellants vs The Land Acquisition Collector, Punjab and others .... Respondents 112. R.F.A No. 1095 of 2004 Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation ....Appellant vs Swaran Singh and others .....Respondents 113. R.F.A. No. 1486 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Raj Gopal and others .....Respondents 114. R.F.A No. 1487 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Tarlok Singh and others .....Respondents 115. R.F.A No. 1488 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Darshan Singh and Others .....Respondents 116. R.F.A No.1489 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Pritam Singh and others ....Respondents 117. R.F.A No. 1490 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Munshi Singh and others ....Respondents 118. R.F.A No. 1491 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Amrik Singh and others ....Respondents 119. R.F.A No. 1492 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Gurnaib Singh and others ....Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [15] 120. R.F.A No. 1493 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Mushtarka Malkan and others ....Respondents 121. R.F.A No. 1494 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Gurdev Singh and others ....Respondents 122. R.F.A No. 1495 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Gurnaib Singh and others ....Respondents 123. R.F.A No. 1496 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Smt. Bhajan Kaur and others .....Respondents 124. R.F.A No. 1497 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Didar Singh and others ....Respondents 125. R.F.A No. 1498 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Sucha Singh and others .....Respondents 126. R.F.A No.1499 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Jaspal Singh and others .....Respondents 127. R.F.A No. 1500 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Gurdial Kaur and others ....Respondents 128. R.F.A No. 1501 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Amarjit Singh and others ....Respondents R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [16] 129. R.F.A No. 1502 of 2004 M/s Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. ....Appellant vs Madan Lal and others .....Respondents 130. R.F.A No. 2199 of 2004 Pawan Deep Sandhu and another ....Appellants vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another ....Respondents 131. R.F.A No. 2200 of 2004 Pawan Deep Sandhu ....Appellant vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another ...Respondents 132. R.F.A No. 606 of 2005 Sanjeev Kumar and others ....Appellants vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another ....Respondents 133. R.F.A No. 705 of 2005 Gurmail Singh and others ....Appellants vs The Collector and others ....Respondents 134. Cross Objection No.144-CI of 2006 and R.F.A No.2586 of 2005 Gurmit Singh and others .....Appellants vs The Collector and others .....Respondents 135. R.F.A No. 2917 of 2005 The Land Acquisition Collector and another ....Appellants vs Kulwant Singh and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: S/ Shri K. S. Cheema, N.S. Sitta, G. S. Punia, G.P. Vashisht, Vikas Suri, Rajiv Kumar Saini, S. K. Singla, V. S. Rana and Ms. Poonam Tara for Mr. Sunil Chadha, Advocate for the land owners. Shri O. P. Dabla, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for the State. S/ Shri B.S. Kanwar for Govind Goel and Heman Aggarwal, Advocates for the PSIEC. R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [17] Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of a bunch of 135 appeals, as the same arise out of common acquisition. R.F.A. Nos. 2697 of 1999, 1526, 1990 of 2000, 2334, 3138, 4605 of 2001, 2336 to 2339, 2929, 2933, 2943, 2944, 2954, 2958, 2959, 2961 of 2002, 1029, 2003 to 2005, 2349, 2576, 2577, 2581, 2647, 2655, 2759, 2862, 3104, 3105, 3110, 3547, 3248, 3269, 3591, 3592, 4068, 4478, 4479 of 2003, 627, 633, 2199, 2200 of 2004, 606, 705 and 2586 of 2005 have been filed by the land owners seeking further enhancement of compensation. R.F.A. Nos. 1783, 1784, 1852, 1865, 1866 of 2000, 1943 to 1945, 2072 to 2099, 2490, 2531, 3589, 3590 of 2002, 1658, 1659, 3030, 3477 to 3490`, 3833, 4354, 4392 to 4395, 4397 to 4400 of 2003, 1095, 1486 to 1502 of 2004, 2917 of 2005 have been filed by the State and the persons who have been allotted part of the acquired land seeking reduction of compensation on account of acquisition of land. In R.F.A. No. 2586 of 2005, cross-objections have been filed by respondents No.8 and 9 seeking enhancement of compensation awarded by the learned court below. The facts have been extracted from R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Punjab vide notification dated 7.5.1991, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), acquired the land within the revenue estates of village Mundian Kalan, Tehsil and District Ludhiana for setting up of Industrial Focal Point, Ludhiana. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the market value of the land at Rs. 3,00,000/- per acre for naiee chahi; Rs. 2,50,000/- per acre for khalas chahi; Rs. 2,25,000/- per acre for gain mumkin and Rs. 1,20,000/- per acre for banjar kadim/rosli kinds of land. The land owners feeling dissatisfied with the quantum of compensation awarded by the Collector, filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ Rs. 3,01,000/- per acre. Learned counsel for the land owners submitted that it was acquisition of big chunk of land pertaining to villages Mangli Nichi and Mundian Kalan vide two notifications of even date. The land is also belonging to two adjoining villages with no difference in value or potentiality. The learned court below, while determining the compensation for the acquired land, relied upon the award pertaining to the acquisition of land of village Mangli Nichi. In R.F.A. No. 1881 R.F.A. No. 2697 of 1999 [18] of 2000 –Labh Singh (dead) through His LRs Major Singh and another v. The Collector, Land Acquisition and another, decided on 25.8.2008, filed by the land owners against the award of the Reference Court pertaining to the land of village Mangli Nichi, this Court had further enhanced the compensation to Rs. 6,70,000/-. Accordingly, the land owners in the present case are also entitled to same amount of compensation. The facts so stated by learned counsel for the land owners were not disputed by learned counsel for the State, the Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Ltd. or the allottees of the plots. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in Labh Singh's case (supra), the appeals and cross objections filed by the land owners are allowed in the same terms, whereas other appeals filed by the State, Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Ltd. and the persons for whose benefit the land was acquired, are dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge February 04,2009 mk