R. F. A No. 1110 of 2008 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 1110 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : 23.12.2010 Indian Oil Corporation Limited ... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. P. K. Mutneja, Advocate, for Indian Oil Corporation. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Som Nath Saini, Advocate, for the landowners. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of Regular First Appeal Nos. 1110, 2797 and 2901 of 2008, arising out of the same acquisition. The landowners have approached this court seeking further enhancement of compensation, whereas the Indian Oil Corporation and State of Haryana have filed appeals seeking reduction in the amount of compensation. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 17.6.2002 and published on 25.6.2002 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired land in villages Assan Kalan and Sithana, Hadbast No. 14, Tehsil and District Panipat, for construction of approach road for the site of I.O.C.L. (J.V.) Power and Petro Chemical Project at Panipat. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 3,50,000/- per acre. 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 @ ` 186.23 per square yard. It is this award which is impugned by the parties before this court. Learned counsel for the parties submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R.F.A. No. 1226 of 2007 – State of Haryana and others s Subhash Chander and others, decided on 8.3.2010, whereby the award of the learned reference court determining the market of the acquired land @ 186.23 per square yard was upheld. R. F. A No. 1110 of 2008 (2) Considering the fact that this court had upheld the award of the learned reference court in appeals pertaining to the valuation of land acquired vide same notification, no case for interference is made out. Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed. 23.12.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge