R.F.A. No. 1209 of 2005 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 1209 of 2005 (O&M) Date of Decision: 9.11.2010 Narender Singh (deceased) through LRs and others .... Appellants vs State of Haryana and others .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Mr. Sandeep K. Sharma, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order will dispose of the RFA Nos. 1209, 1210, 2007 and 2283 of 2005, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that State vide notification dated 26.5.1995 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Bahadurgarh, Hadbast No. 38, Tehsil Bahadurgarh, District Jhajjar for development and utilization thereof as residential and commercial area in Sector-2, Bahadurgarh. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 4,75,000/- per acre regarding the land situated on Bahadurgarh-Jhajjar Road upto depth of three acres, ` 2,50,000/- per acre for nehri/chahi and ` 2,00,000/- per acre for barani and other kinds of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 5,25,000/- per acre for the land situated on Bahadurgarh-Jhajjar road upto the depth of three acres; ` 3,00,000/- per acre for nehri and chahi and ` 2,50,000/- per acre for barani and other kinds of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals. R.F.A. No. 1209 of 2005 -2- Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in RFA No. 1283 of 2005 titled as Madan Mohan Lal vs State of Haryana, decided on 19.3.2010, whereby the compensation payable for the acquired land was further enhanced. Learned State counsel did not dispute the above said facts. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in Madan Mohan Lal's case (supra), the appeals are disposed of in the same terms. 9.11.2010. (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge