R.F.A. No. 626 of 2002 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. R.F.A. No. 626 of 2002 (O&M) and Cross-objection Nos. 61/CI of 2002 (O&M) Date of Decision: 26.10.2010 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Ram Pal and another .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. None for the landowners. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order will dispose of the RFA Nos. 626 and 683 of 2002 and Cross-objections No. 61/CI of 2002 filed in RFA No. 626 of 2002, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners have filed appeal and cross-objections seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing appeal the State is seeking reduction of compensation. Briefly, the facts are that State of Haryana acquired land vide notification dated 23.1.1990 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for the development and utilization thereof as residential and commercial area in Sector-3, Part-II, Rewari. The Land Acquisition Collector determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,75,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 1,40,000/- per acre for magda, and ` 1,50,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kinds of land. Aggrieved against the same, the land owners/claimants filed objections which were referred to the learned Additional District Judge, Rewari, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, awarded ` 7,04,367/- per acre for the land falling within 100 meters of the road and ` 6,00,000/- per acre for the remaining land. It is this award which is impugned by both the parties. Learned counsel for the State very fairly conceded that the issues raised in the present set of appeals as well as in the cross-objections are squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in LPA No. 387 of 2001 –Pawan Kumar and another vs Land Acquisition Collector and others decided on 15.5.2006, whereby the landowners were held entitled to compensation at uniform rate of ` 7,04,367/- per acre R.F.A. No. 626 of 2002 -2- Since this court had awarded the compensation to the landowners at the uniform rate of ` 7,04,367/- per acre, the claim of the State for reduction does not survive. Accordingly, the appeal filed by the State seeking reduction of compensation is dismissed and the appeal as well as the cross-objections filed by the landowners are disposed of in terms of the aforesaid judgment. 26.10.2010. (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge