R. F. A No. 1228 of 1984 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 1.10.2008 1. R. F. A No. 1228 of 1984 (O&M) Baldev Singh @ Jagjit Singh ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana ... Respondent 2. R. F. A No. 1234 of 1984 (O&M) Shamsher Singh and another ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ... Respondents 3. R. F. A No. 1235 of 1984 (O&M) Teja Singh ..... Appellant vs The State of Haryana and another ... Respondents 4. R. F. A No. 1708 of 1984 (O&M) Gurcharan Singh ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another ... Respondents 5. R. F. A No. 486 of 1986 (O&M) Kehar Singh and another ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana ... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. S. D. Bansal, Advocate, for the appellants in R. F. A. Nos. 1228, 1234, 1235 and 1708 of 1984. Mr. Rajiv Kawatra, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, for the respondents. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of Regular First Appeal Nos. 1228, 1234, 1235, 1708 of 1984 and 486 of 1986, filed by the landowners for further enhancement of compensation, as the same arise out of the same acquisition. However, the facts have been extracted from R. F. A. No. 1228 of 1984. R. F. A No. 1228 of 1984 2 Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 17.7.1982, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana, acquired 23.581 acres of land situated in the revenue estate of Village Panjokhra, Tehsil and District Ambala, for public purpose namely for construction of Panjokhra Minor. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 15.2.1983, assessed the market value of the land as under:- 1. Chahi land Rs. 15,000/- per acre 2. Barani Rs. 10,000/- per acre 3. Banjar Kadim & Banjar Jadid Rs. 5,000/- per acre 4. Gair-mumkin Khadan & Gair Mumkin Rasta Rs. 2500/- per acre Dissatisfied with the award of the Land Acquisition Collector, the appellants/landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 24.2.1984, determined the market value of the acquired land at the following rates:- 1. Chahi land Rs. 20,000/- per acre 2. Barani Rs. 15,000/- per acre 3. Banjar Kadim & Banjar Jadid Rs. 7,500/- per acre 4. Gair-mumkin Khadan & Gair Mumkin Rasta Rs. 4,000/- per acre It is this award dated 24.2.1984, which is under challenge before this court in the present appeals. Learned counsel for the appellants relied upon judgment of this court in R. F. A. No. 57 of 1986 Karam Singh and others vs State of Haryana, decided on 3.12.2003, whereby on account of acquisition of land pertaining to Village Khatauli for the same purpose i.e. construction of Panjokhra minor at the same time was assessed at Rs. 30,000/- per acre for chahi, Rs. 20,000/- per acre for barani and Rs. 10,000/- per acre for banjar kadim and gairmumkin kind of land. The submission is that the land in question in the present set of appeals is more valuable as the same is situated close to Ambala-Chandigarh road whereas the land belonging to Village Khatauli is situated at far off place from there. On the other hand, learned State counsel submitted that the compensation as assessed by the learned court below is just and fair which R. F. A No. 1228 of 1984 3 does not call for further enhancement. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. A perusal of the site plan on record shows that the land pertaining to Village Panjokhra is situated close to Ambala-Chandigarh Highway, whereas the land pertaining to Village Khatauli which was subject matter in Karam Singh 's case (supra), was situated thereafter. The acquisition in both the cases is for the purpose of construction of Panjokhra Minor. In Karam Singh's case (supra), this court upheld the award of the learned court below granting compensation @ Rs. 30,000/- per acre for chahi, Rs. 20,000/- per acre for barani and Rs. 10,000/- per acre for banjar kadim and gairmumkin kind of land. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Karam Singh's case (supra), the value of the acquired land in the present set of appeals is also assessed @ Rs. 30,000/- per acre for chahi, Rs. 20,000/- per acre for barani and Rs. 10,000/- per acre for banjar kadim and gairmumkin kind of land. The appellants shall also be entitled to other benefits available under the Act. The appeals are allowed with costs. 1.10.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge