In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 1582 of 1995 (O&M) Preet Singh (deceased) through LRs and another ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Amandeep Singh, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Navneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 28.3.1985, issued under Section 4 of the Act, the State of Haryana acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Gurgaon, for development and utilisation thereof as residential and commercial area at Gurgaon. The Land Acquisition Collector determined the compensation at Rs. 1,05,000/- per acre for chahi, Rs. 85,000/- per acre for magda, Rs. 65,000/- per acre for banjar and Rs. 45,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the appellants/ landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 80/- per square yard. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the claim made by the appellants in the present appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R.F.A. No. 983 of 1993 – Sewa Singh vs State of Haryana and another, decided on 10.11.2008, whereby the compensation payable to the claimants/landowners was further enhanced to Rs. 87.50 per acre. Learned Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, could not dispute this factual position. For the detailed reasons recorded in Sewa Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is allowed in the same terms. 2.2.2009 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge