RFA No. 4952 of 2008 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 4952 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : 18.1.2011 Khan Chand ... Appellant vs State of Haryana .... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. S. P. Khatri, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This appeal has been filed by the landowner seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that the land situated in Village Patti Musalman, Tehsil and District Sonepat was acquired by the State of Haryana vide notification dated 17.5.1990, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for residential and commercial area in Sector 12, Sonepat. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 2,00,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award, the land owners filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who considering the material placed on record by the parties, determined market value of the acquired land @ ` 125/- per square yard for the land falling on the back side of the ECE Factory and on the left side of the Sonepat-Bahalgarh Road (while going from Sonepat towards National Highway No. 1) and ` 150/- per square yard for the remaining land. Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 3677 of 2010 – Udho Dass vs State of Haryana and others dated 21.4.2010, whereby the compensation for the land acquired vide same notification was further enhanced. Learned State counsel did not dispute the abovesaid factual position. For the reasons recorded in Udho Dass's case (supra), as far as compensation for the acquired land is concerned, the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. RFA No. 4952 of 2008 (2) Hon'ble the Supreme Court in a recent judgment in Civil Appeal No. 6515 of 2009 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation vs Pran Sukh and others decided on 17.8.2010, to ensure that the landowners are not fleeced by the middleman in the process of disbursement of enhanced compensation, issued certain directions. I deem it appropriate to issue the same directions in the present set of appeals as well. The same are as under:- “With a view to ensure that the land owners are not fleeced by the middleman, we deem it proper to issue following further directions: (i) The Land Acquisition Collector shall depute officers subordinate to him not below the rank of Naib Tehsildar, who shall get in touch with all the land owners and/or their legal representatives and inform them about their entitlement and right to receive enhanced compensation. (ii) The concerned officers shall also instruct the land owners and/or their legal representatives to open saving bank account in case they already do not have such account. (iii) The bank account numbers of the land owners should be given to the Land Acquisition Collector within three months. (iv) The Land Acquisition Collector shall deposit the cheques of compensation in the bank accounts of the land owners.” 18.1.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge