R. F. A No. 3314 of 1999 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 30.4.2010 1. R.F.A. No. 3314 of 1999 (O&M) Ram Piari (deceased) through LRs ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another ....... Respondents 2. R.F.A. No. 3378 of 1999 (O&M) Dina Nath and another ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 3. R.F.A. No. 3514 of 1999 (O&M) Smt. Lakhwinder Kaur ..... Appellant vs Haryana State and others ....... Respondents 4. R.F.A. No. 3525 of 1999 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Dayal Singh and others ....... Respondents 5. R.F.A. No. 3534 of 1999 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Ishwar Chander and others ....... Respondents 6. R.F.A. No. 127 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Smt. Iqbal Kaur and others ....... Respondents 7. R.F.A. No. 128 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Joginder Singh and others ....... Respondents 8. R.F.A. No. 129 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Dina Nath and others ....... Respondents R. F. A No. 3314 of 1999 -2- 9. R.F.A. No. 130 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Ishwar Chander and others ....... Respondents 10. R.F.A. No. 131 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Smt. Ganga Devi and others ....... Respondents 11. R.F.A. No. 132 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Krishan Kumar and others ....... Respondents 12. R.F.A. No. 133 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Diwan Chand and others ....... Respondents 13. R.F.A. No. 134 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Kashmir Singh and others ....... Respondents 14. R.F.A. No. 135 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Gurcharan Singh and others ....... Respondents 15. R.F.A. No. 136 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Dayal Singh and others ....... Respondents 16. R.F.A. No. 137 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Ganesh Dass and others ....... Respondents 17. R.F.A. No. 138 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Shingara Singh and others ....... Respondents R. F. A No. 3314 of 1999 -3- 18. R.F.A. No. 139 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Ram Piari (deceased) through LRs and others ....... Respondents 19. R.F.A. No. 140 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Nanak Chand and others ....... Respondents 20. R.F.A. No. 141 of 2000 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Mulakh Raj and others ....... Respondents 21. R.F.A. No. 993 of 2002 (O&M) Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation ..... Appellant vs Nirmal Singh and others ....... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. D. K. Sihag, Advocate for Mr. Shailendra Jain, Advocate and Mr. Ashwani Bakshi, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of the aforesaid appeals, as the same arise out of a common acquisition. The landowners are before this court against the award of the learned court below under the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (for short, “the Act”) seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation is seeking reduction in compensation. Briefly, the facts are that the State of Haryana vide notification dated 5.7.1994 issued under Section 4 of the Act acquired land situated in Village Khairpur, Hadbast No. 79, Tehsil and District Sirsa, for Integrated Infrastructural Development Centre, Sirsa. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land @ Rs. 3 lacs per acres upto the depth of 1 acre along the National Highway No. 10 and @ Rs. 2 lacs per acre for the remaining land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On R. F. A No. 3314 of 1999 -4- reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below, determined the market value of the acquired land @ Rs. 175/- per square yard for the land upto the depth of 400 yards from the National Highway No. 10 and Rs. 100/- per square yard for the remaining land. It is this award, which is impugned in the present set of appeals by both the parties. Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 3125 of 1999 – Diwan Chand vs State of Haryana and others, decided on 24.12.2009, whereby the amount of compensation for the acquired land was further enhanced. Since this court has further enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners, the claim of the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation, seeking reduction of compensation does not survive, whereas the landowners are entitled to increase in the same terms. As no one appeared in the appeals filed by the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation, those are dismissed in default whereas the appeals filed by the landowners are disposed of in terms of Diwan Chand's case (supra). 30.4.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge