RFA No.4962 of 2001 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on: June 03, 2011. RFA No.4962 of 2001 . Pyare Lal. .. Appellant VERSUS State of Haryana. .. Respondent * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporter? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? * * * PRESENT Mr.Rajiv Sharma, Advocate, Mr.Adarsh Jain, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr.Amit Kumar, DAG., Haryana. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) This is a first appeal against the order dated 09.02.2001, passed by the reference Court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, (for short 'The Act'), awarding compensation for the land belonging to the appellant-claimant in village Jharsetli, which was acquired after notification under Section . . . 1 RFA No.4962 of 2001 4 of the Act dated 08.08.1995, for acquisition of the land for establishment of Transport Nagar, Sector 61, Faridabad. It is undisputed that after notification under Section 6 of the Act, the land in village Jharsetli stood acquired, final decision was taken for the acquisition of the land. Vide award dated 30.04.1998, the market value of the acquired land was assessed at ` 5,85,000/- per acre which comes to ` 120/- per square yard, by the Land Acquisition Collector, which amount was ultimately assessed to be ` 400/- per square yard by the reference Court. During the course of arguments, counsel for both the parties agreed that the matter in the case is covered by the judgment in RFA No.2501 of 2001, titled Ved Pal and others Vs. State of Haryana and others, decided on May 03, 2006, pertaining to the same notification under Section 4 of the Act, by virtue of which the market value of the land has been assessed to be ` 500/- per square yard for the land acquired for Sector 61, Faridabad. Since the market value of the land adjacent to the land of appellant for same purpose has been assessed at ` 500/- per square yard, on the principle of parity, the appellant is also entitled to the same relief. Copy of the judgment dated 03.05.2006, passed in RFA No.2501 of 2001, titled Ved Pal and others Vs. State of Haryana and others, is taken on record. The appeal is allowed to the extent that the acquired land in village Jharsetli, for establishment of Transport Nagar, Sector 61, Faridabad, would be ` 500/- per square yard. The . . . 2 RFA No.4962 of 2001 appellant will be entitled to all the statutory benefits under Sections 23(1)(A), 23 (2) and 28 of the Act. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE June 03, 2011. rka . . . 3