R.F.A. No. 730 of 2000 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 730 of 2000 (O&M) Date of decision : 10.5.2011 Mukhtiar Singh .... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Amit Jain, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Anjum Ahmed, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. RAJESH BINDAL, J The landowner has filed the present appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 20.4.1990, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), State of Haryana sought to acquire land situated within the revenue estate of village Jharsa, Kanhai, Bindapur, Samsapur, Tehsil and District Gurgaon, for the purpose of development and utilisation thereof as residential, commercial, institutional and open spaces, recreational area at Gurgaon. The same was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act dated 18.4.1991. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, the Collector') vide award dated 23.3.1993 assessed the market value of the acquired land as under:- Villages Jharsa Chahi ` 4,00,000/- per acre Magda ` 3,50,000/- per acre Bhood ` 3,00,000/- per acre Gair Mumkin ` 2,50,000/- per acre R.F.A. No. 730 of 2000 (2) Villages Bindapur, Samaspur and Kanahi Chahi ` 1,50,000 per acre Magda ` 1,25,000 per acre Banjar and ` 1,00,000 per acre gair mumkin Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowner filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 212/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the issue raised in the present appeal is squarely covered by Division Bench judgment of this court in LPA No. 1047 of 1999 – Vishnu Datt etc. vs State of Haryana etc. Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in the Vishnu Datt's case (supra), the appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 10.5.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge