In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Civil Writ Petition No. 11651 of 2009 Date of Decision: August 26, 2009 Rakesh Kumar and another. … Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others. … Respondents Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.S. Khehar, Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.D. Anand. Present : Mr. Anil Kshetarpal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Ashish Kapoor, Addl. Advocate General, Haryana, for the respondents. J.S. Khehar, J. (Oral) Written statement on behalf of respondent No.2 has been filed in Court today. The same is taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. Copy thereof has been furnished to the learned counsel for the petitioners. Consequent upon the acquisition of the land, the Land Acquisition Collector announced the award on 16.07.2007 concluding that compensation payable to the land owners was to be determined on the basis of the following parameters:- “Prime Land Rs.24-lac per acre Land falling in municipal limits Rs.20-lac per acre Remaining land Rs.10-lac per acre” Based on the aforesaid parameters, the land of the petitioners was treated as remaining land and consequently, compensation was paid to the petitioners CWP No. 11651 of 2009 at the rate of Rs.10 lacs per acre. The vehement contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners before this Court was, that the acquired land owned by the petitioners should have been treated as prime land for which compensation was payable at the rate of Rs.24 lacs per acre. In paragraph No.3 of the written statement filed on behalf of respondent No.2, it is acknowledged, that the land of the petitioners ought to have been treated as prime land, and as such, the petitioners ought to have been paid compensation at the rate of Rs.24 lacs per acre. In view of the above, the instant petition is allowed. The respondents are directed to pay the petitioners compensation for the acquired land at the rate of Rs.24 lacs per acre along with the other statutory benefits available to them under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order. The instant writ petition stands allowed in the aforesaid terms. ( J.S. Khehar ) Judge August 26, 2009 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge 2