RFA No.2502 of 2002 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 2502 of 2002 (O&M) Date of Decision: 21.02.2011 Kirnal Karan Singh ...Appellant Versus State of Haryana and others .....Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellant. Mr. D.D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. This order will dispose of two appeals bearing RFA Nos.2502, 2503 of 2002, arising out of same acquisition. The landowners in the present appeals are seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. The facts have been extracted from RFA No.2502 of 2002. Brief facts of the case are that vide notification dated 04.01.1990, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (for short “the Act”), land measuring 63.6 acres situated in the revenue estate of village Kutubpur and 68.70 acres in the revenue estate of village Ramayan, Tehsil Hansi, District Hisar was acquired by the State of Haryana for public purposes, namely, for construction of 800/400/220 KV Sub Station, Hisar and for National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation. The same was followed by notification dated 08.01.1990 issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short “the Collector”) vide two separate awards dated 19.04.1990 and 20.04.1990, assessed compensation @ ` 1,00,000/- per acre for Block A Category, ` 90,000/- per acre for Block B Category and ` 75,000/- per acre for Block C Category. The landowners feeling dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, filed reference under Section 18 of the Act. The learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land falling within 500 feet from the National Highway @ ` 1,00,000/- per acre and for the remaining land @ ` 95,000/- per acre. RFA No.2502 of 2002 2 Learned counsel for the State fairly submitted that the claim made in the present appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No.3321 of 2002 Ram Nath vs. Haryana State and others decided on 13.08.2010, whereby the compensation payable for the acquired land was further enhanced. For the reasons recorded in Ram Nath Vs. Haryana State and others, the present appeals are disposed of in the same terms. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 21.02.2011 sharmila