RFA No. 2390 of 2007 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2390 of 2007 (O&M) Date of decision : 8.12.2010 Gurjant Singh and another .....Appellants vs State of Haryana .....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. J. S. Cooner, Advocates, for the landowners. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of the appeals bearing RFA Nos. 2390 of 2007, 2294 to 2297, 2560 to 2562 and 2624 of 2010, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners have filed the appeals seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing the appeals, the State of Haryana is seeking reduction thereof. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 10.9.2001, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), State of Haryana acquired 4.90 acres of land, situated in village Shahpur, Hadbast No. 125, Tehsil and District Ambala for augmentation of water supply scheme based on canal for Ambala Sadar Area at Ambala Cantt. The same was followed by notification dated 4.1.2002, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') awarded compensation @ ` 3,73,000/- per acre for Chahi/Nehri/Aabi kind of land; ` 2,25,000/- per acre for Barani kind of land and ` 1,50,000/- per acre for Gair Mumkin kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 10,00,000/- per acre for Chahi/Nehri/Aabi kind of land; ` 6,00,000/- for barani kind of land and ` 4,00,000/- for gair mumkin kind of land. It is this award which is impugned by both the parties in the present set of appeals. Learned counsel for the parties submitted that the issues involved in the present appeals are squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 1712 of 2007- Surinder Singh alias Kala Singh vs State of Haryana, decided on 23.7.2010, whereby the appeals arise out of the same acquisition were disposed of RFA No. 2390 of 2007 -2- and the matters have been remitted back to the reference court for fresh consideration. For the reasons recorded in Surinder Singh's case, the present appeals are disposed of in the same terms. Parties are directed to appear before the learned District Judge, Ambala on 21.12.2010 for further proceedings. The learned District Judge will entrust the cases to the court which is dealing with the cases remanded earlier. 8.12.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge