R.F.A. No.3970 of 2007(O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No.3970 of 2007(O&M) Date of Decision 11.11.2009 Suresh Garg ........ Appellant Versus State of Haryana ........ Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: Mr.Vikram Singh,Advocate, for the applicant-appellant. Mr.Lokesh Sinhal, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. HEMANT GUPTA, J. This order shall also dispose of following appeals filed by the land owners aggrieved against the Award dated 10.5.2007, passed by the learned reference Court : Case Number Parties Name 1 RFA No.311 of 2009 Kanta Singla Vs. State of Haryana 2 RFA No.3969 of 2007 Sham Lal Vs. State of Haryana 3 RFA No.3971of 2007 Sudarshan Kumar Vs. State of Haryana 4 RFA No.3972 of 2007 Smt.Parveen Vs. State of Haryana 5 RFA No.3973 of 2007 Gopal Krishan Vs. State of Haryana. 6 RFA No.3974 of 2007 Bal Kishan Vs. State of Haryana R.F.A. No.3970 of 2007(O&M) -2- Case Number Parties Name 7 RFA No.4483 of 2007 Smt.Daya Rani Vs. State of Haryana The land subject matter of these appeals was acquired vide notification dated 10.5.1989, under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, (for short 'the Act) for a public purpose namely for the development and utilization of land as residential, commercial, industrial and institutional area of Sector-6,7 and 8, Panipat. The Land Acquisition Collector, vide Award dated 7.5.1992, assessed the market value as under: Village: Kapri Chahi Rs.1,75,000/- per acre Gair Mumkin Rs.1,00,000/- per acre Village:Faridpur Chahi Rs.2,00,000/- per acre Gair Mumkin Rs.1,00,000/- per acre Village: Saria Bachhra Chai Rs.2,00,000/- per acre Gair Mumkin Rs.1,00,000/- per acre Village: Patti Magdum Chahi Rs.2,15,000/- per acre Gair Mumkin Rs.1,50,000/- per R.F.A. No.3970 of 2007(O&M) -3- acre Village: Patti Taraf Insar Chahi Rs.2,15,000/- per acre Gair Mumkin Rs.1,50,000/- per acre Dis-satisfied with the amount of compensation awarded by the Land Acquisition Collector, the land-owners have sought references to the learned District Judge, for proper determination of the market value in terms of Section 18 of the Act. On such references being made the learned reference Court determined the market value as Rs.81 per square yard. Some of appeals filed by the land owners against the identical determination of the market value of the acquired land came up for hearing before this Court. In judgment dated 27.5.2009, in RFA No.2213 of 1995, titled 'Kasturi Lal and others Vs. The State of Haryana and others', this Court has determined the market value at the rate of Rs.139/- per square yard, on the date of publication of the notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Since, the amount of compensation had been determined by this Court in Kasturi Lal's case (supra), the present appeals are allowed in the same terms as in Kasturi Lal's case. November 11, 2009 (HEMANT GUPTA) rishu JUDGE