RFA No. 1922 of 2008 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R. F. A No. 1922 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : 26.4.2011 Narinder Singh and others .....Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. P. S. Jammu, Advocate, for the appellants/landowners. Mr. Anjum Ahmed, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of RFA Nos. 1922 to 1926 of 2008 as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. By filing the appeals, the landowners are seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that land falling in villages Baguwali, Narelkhera, Bhaudin, Suchan, Kotli, Rasulpur, Sikanderpur and Moriwala, District Sirsa was sought to be acquired by the State of Haryana vide notification dated 10.4.2003 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for the purpose of construction of Rangoi Kharif Channel. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') awarded compensation for the acquired land at the following rates:- S. No. Village Nehri per acre in ` Chahi per acre in ` Barani per acre in ` 1 Baguwali 1,30,000/- 1,10,000/- 70,000/- 2 Narelkhera 1,30,000/- 90,000/- 70,000/- 3 Bhaudin 1,30,000/- 1,10,000/- 70,000/- 4 Suchan 1,30,000/- 1,10,000/- 70,000/- 5 Kotli 1,30,000/- 70,000/- 70,000/- 6 Rasulpur 1,30,000/- 1,10,000/- 70,000/- 7 Sikanderpur 1,30,000/- 1,10,000/- 70,000/- 8 Moriwala 1,30,000/- 1,10,000/- 70,000/- RFA No. 1922 of 2008 (2) Aggrieved against the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the fair value of the acquired land of different villages at different rates. It is this award, which is impugned in the present set of appeals. Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 1867 of 2007 - State of Haryana and another vs Mithu Singh and others, decided on 27.4.2009. For the reasons recorded in Mithu Singh's case (supra), the present appeals are disposed of in the same terms. 26.4.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge