R. F. A No. 1494 of 1997 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 7.4.2010 (1) R.F.A. No. 1494 of 1997 (O&M) Haryana State ..... Appellant Versus Kalu Ram ..... Respondent (2) R.F.A. No. 1495 of 1997 (O&M) State of Haryana ..... Appellant Versus Pappu Ram Berva ..... Respondent (3) R.F.A. No. 1496 of 1997 (O&M) State of Haryana ..... Appellant Versus Ram Kishore ..... Respondent (4) R.F.A. No. 1497 of 1997 (O&M) Haryana State ..... Appellant Versus Sita Ram ..... Respondent (5) R.F.A. No. 1498 of 1997 (O&M) State of Haryana ..... Appellant Versus Ram Narain ..... Respondent (6) R.F.A. No. 1499 of 1997 (O&M) State of Haryana ..... Appellant Versus Om Parkash ..... Respondent (7) R.F.A. No. 1500 of 1997 (O&M) State of Haryana ..... Appellant Versus Sheo Pal ..... Respondent (8) R.F.A. No. 1501 of 1997 (O&M) State of Haryana ..... Appellant Versus Bhairu Sahai ..... Respondent R. F. A No. 1494 of 1997 -2- (9) R.F.A. No. 1502 of 1997 (O&M) Haryana State ..... Appellant Versus Sita Ram ..... Respondent (10) R.F.A. No. 805 of 2000 (O&M) Nafe Singh and others ..... Appellants Versus The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents (11) R.F.A. No. 955 of 2000 (O&M) Jai Narain and others ..... Appellants Versus The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents (12) R.F.A. No. 1589 of 2000 (O&M) Satya Parkash and another ..... Appellants Versus The Land Acquisition Collector and another ..... Respondents (13) R.F.A. No. 1812 of 2000 (O&M) State of Haryana ..... Appellant Versus Vidyawati and others ..... Respondents (14) R.F.A. No. 2698 of 2000 (O&M) State of Haryana and another ..... Appellants Versus Pritam Lal and others ..... Respondents (15) R.F.A. No. 509 of 2001 (O&M) Attar Singh and others ..... Appellants Versus State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents R. F. A No. 1494 of 1997 -3- (16) R.F.A. No. 539 of 2001 (O&M) Attar Singh ..... Appellant Versus The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents (17) R.F.A. No. 960 of 2001 (O&M) Parath and others ..... Appellants Versus The State of Haryana ..... Respondent (18) R.F.A. No. 2028 of 2001 (O&M) Ved Ram ..... Appellant Versus The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents (19) R.F.A. No. 2320 of 2001 (O&M) Jeet Ram ..... Appellant Versus The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents (20) R.F.A. No. 3844 of 2001 (O&M) Sandeep Singh and others ..... Appellants Versus The State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents (21) R.F.A. No. 4429 of 2001 (O&M) Chottu Ram ..... Appellant Versus The State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents (22) R.F.A. No. 4440 of 2001 (O&M) State of Haryana and another ..... Appellants Versus Satpal through power of attorneys ..... Respondent R. F. A No. 1494 of 1997 -4- (23) R.F.A. No. 78 of 2002 (O&M) Smt. Janak Dulari ..... Appellant Versus State of Haryana ..... Respondent (24) R.F.A. No. 248 of 2002 (O&M) Gulab Kaur and others ..... Appellants Versus The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents (25) R.F.A. No. 2109 of 2002 (O&M) Om Parkash ..... Appellant Versus The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents (26) R.F.A. No. 2110 of 2002 (O&M) Avadh Behari and another ..... Appellants Versus The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents (27) R.F.A. No. 3403 of 2002 (O&M) Sarla Devi ..... Appellant Versus The State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents (28) R.F.A. No. 4450 of 2003 (O&M) Lachhman Singh and others ..... Appellants Versus Haryana State and another ..... Respondents (29) R.F.A. No. 2020 of 2004 (O&M) Karan Singh and others ..... Appellants Versus The State of Haryana ..... Respondent R. F. A No. 1494 of 1997 -5- (30) R.F.A. No. 273 of 2005 (O&M) Narender Kumar and others ..... Appellants Versus State of Haryana ..... Respondent (31) R.F.A. No. 2563 of 2005 (O&M) Dushyant Kumar and another ..... Appellants Versus State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents (32) R.F.A. No. 2846 of 2005 (O&M) Vashisht Kumar ..... Appellant Versus State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents (33) R.F.A. No. 2914 of 2006 (O&M) Dushyant Kumar and another ..... Appellants Versus State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents (34) R.F.A. No. 1697 of 2007 (O&M) Atam Parkash and others ..... Appellants Versus State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents (35) R.F.A. No. 283 of 2009 (O&M) Hardwari Lal ..... Appellant Versus State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents (36) R.F.A. No. 2031 of 2009 (O&M) Lakhvinder Singh ..... Appellant Versus The State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents R. F. A No. 1494 of 1997 -6- (37) R.F.A. No. 4295 of 2009 (O&M) Madhu Gupta and another ..... Appellants Versus Haryana State and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Vinod Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Sharad Kumar Yadav, Advocate and Mr. S. S. Kaliramna, Advocate for Mr. B. S. Rana, Advocate, for the landowners/appellants in RFA Nos. 805, 955 of 2000, 2320 of 2001, 2563, 2846 of 2005, 2914 of 2006 and 4295 of 2009 Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of the aforesaid appeals, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners are in appeal 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 State of Haryana is seeking reduction in compensation. Briefly, the facts are that the State of Haryana vide notification dated 8.3.1989 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired land situated within the revenue estates of Villages Dhanwapur, Gurgaon, Basai and Khadipur, Tehsil and District Gurgaon, for development and utilisation thereof as residential and commercial area, Sectors 9, 9-A, and 10 Gurgaon. The notification under Section 6 of the Act was issued on 7.3.1990. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the land situated in Villages Dhanwapur, Gurgaon and Khadipur @ Rs. 2 lac per acre and the market value of the land situated in Village Basai was assessed @ Rs. 1.60 lacs per acre falling under the brick kiln and Rs. 2 lac per acre for the remaining land. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below, determined the market value of the acquired land @ Rs. 150/- per square yard. Learned counsel for the parties fairly submitted that the issue raised in the present set of appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 1767 of 1995 – State of Haryana and another vs Om Parkash and others, decided on 25.7.1997, whereby the award of the learned court below for acquisition of land for Sectors-9, 9-A and 10, Gurgaon, was upheld, which was R. F. A No. 1494 of 1997 -7- further followed in RFA No. 1737 of 2000- State of Haryana and another vs Sohan Lal and another, decided on 16.9.2008. A perusal of aforesaid judgment shows that issue dealt with therein was regarding determination of fair value of the land acquired vide notification dated 8.3.1989. Since this court had upheld the award of the learned court below, the appeals filed by the State for reduction in compensation and that of the landowners for enhancement do not survive. Accordingly, for the detailed reasons recorded in Om Parkash's case (supra), the appeals bearing RFA Nos. 805, 955 of 2000, 2320 of 2001, 2563, 2846 of 2005, 2914 of 2006 and 4295 of 2009 filed by the landowners and the appeals filed by the State of Haryana, are dismissed. However, where no one has appeared for the appellants in appeals filed by the landowners, the same are dismissed in default. 7.4.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge