RFA No.1931 of 1997 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.1931 of 1997 (O&M) Date of Decision: 9.12.2010 State of Haryana and another ...Appellants Versus Smt. Sudarshan Rani (deceased) through LRs .....Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. C.B.Goel, Advocate and Mr. Sunil K. Rana, Advocate for Mr. Amit Jain, Advocate for the landowners. Mr. Amit Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Arun Walia, Advocate for HUDA. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. This order will dispose of the RFA Nos.1931, 1933 to 1936, 2261, 2262, 2373, 2379, 2404, 2729 of 1997, 174 of 1998, 2985 of 2009, 2017 to 2019 of 2010 as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. In the appeals filed by the landowners they are seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land, whereas in the appeals filed by the State/HUDA the prayer is for reduction thereof. Brief facts of the case are that vide notification dated 16.12.1988, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 ( for short “the Act”), land situated in the area of villages Khandsa, Khadipur and Naharpur, Tehsil and District Gurgaon was acquired by the State of Haryana for the development and utilization of land for industrial area (Sector-37) at Gurgaon. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short “the Collector”) vide different awards assessed the market value of the acquired land for village Khandsa @ ` 1,50,000/- per acre and for villages Khadipur and Naharpur @ ` 1,25,000/-. The landowners feeling dissatisfied with the award of the RFA No.1931 of 1997 2 Collector, filed reference under Section 18 of the Act. The learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 7,22,500/- per acre but in two cases the market value of the acquired land was determined @ ` 717/- and ` 680/- per square yard respectively. Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issues raised in the present appeals are squarely covered with the judgment of this court in RFA No.59 of 1997 Attar Singh and others Vs. State of Haryana decided on May 13, 1999, whereby this court upheld the award of the learned court below assessing the market value of the acquired land @ ` 7,22,500/-. The aforesaid fact was not disputed by the learned counsel for the State. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Attar Singh’s case (supra), the present appeals are disposed of in the same terms. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 09.12.2010 sharmila