R. F. A. No. 1749 of 1995 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 16.7.2010 1. R. F. A. No. 1749 of 1995 (O&M) Bhim Singh and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents 2. R. F. A. No. 1750 of 1995 (O&M) Smt. Risalo and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents 3. R. F. A. No. 1751 of 1995 (O&M) Sat Narain and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents 4. R. F. A. No. 1752 of 1995 (O&M) Nathu ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents 5. R. F. A. No. 1753 of 1995 (O&M) Smt. Bedo and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents 6. R. F. A. No. 1754 of 1995 (O&M) Lachhmi and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents 7. R. F. A. No. 1755 of 1995 (O&M) Meer Singh ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents 8. R. F. A. No. 1756 of 1995 (O&M) Jai Bhagwan ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents R. F. A. No. 1749 of 1995 2 9. R. F. A. No. 1757 of 1995 (O&M) Raj Kaur and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents 10. R. F. A. No. 1758 of 1995 (O&M) Ram Phal ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents 11. R. F. A. No. 1759 of 1995 (O&M) Ram Kishan and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents 12. R. F. A. No. 1760 of 1995 (O&M) Smt. Bedo and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents 13. R. F. A. No. 1889 of 1995 (O&M) Sant Singh and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents 14. R. F. A. No. 1890 of 1995 (O&M) Balwan Singh and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents 15. R. F. A. No. 100 of 1996 (O&M) Sehaj Ram @ Chhotu Ram (deceased) through LRs ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Kuldeep Singh, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of the aforesaid appeals, as the same arise out of common acquisition. R. F. A. No. 1749 of 1995 3 The landowners have filed the aforesaid appeals 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. The facts have been extracted from RFA No. 1749 of 1995. Briefly, the facts are that land situated in Village Badli, Hadbast No. 72, Tehsil Bahadurgarh, District Rohtak was acquired vide notification dated 20.11.1988, issued under Section 4 of the Act for construction of Gurgaon Water Supply Channel From R. D. 44 K. M. To 58 K. M. Notification under Section 6 of the Act was issued on 2.2.1989. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 65,000/- per acre for nehri/chahi, ` 60,000/- per acre for barani and ` 50,000/- per acre for bhund and gair mumkin kinds of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who on the basis of earlier award dated 15.6.1993, Ex. P-11, vide which land acquired vide notification dated 20.12.1988 of village Jasaur Kheri, determined the market value of the land @ ` 96,000/- per acre for nehri, ` 65,000/- per acre for barani and ` 48,000/- per acre for bhund and gair mumkin kinds of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that while assessing the market value of the acquired land, the learned court below had ignored the evidence led by the landowners. He prayed that the award of the learned court below be set aside and compensation for the acquired land be enhanced. On the other hand, learned State counsel submitted that fair price of the acquired land has been assessed by the reference court which is on the basis of earlier award dated 15.6.1993, Ex. P-11, of the land acquired for the same purpose. He further submitted that appeals filed against award, Ex. P-11, were dismissed by this court vide judgment dated 7.11.2008 passed in RFA No. 3466 of 1993 titled as Sardara vs State of Haryana and another –. He submitted that since this court had already upheld the award on the basis of which the market value of the land in the present set of appeals was determined, no case for further enhancement is made out. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. A perusal of the award of the learned court below shows that while assessing the compensation for the acquired land in the aforesaid cases, the learned reference court had relied upon an earlier award dated 15.6.1993, Ex. P-11, pertaining to the land of neighboring village Jasaur Kheri which was acquired for the same purpose. In Sardara's case (supra), this court upheld the award of land R. F. A. No. 1749 of 1995 4 pertaining to Village Jasaur Kheri. Once the award of the learned court below which was the basis for grant of compensation to the landowners in the present set of appeals, has been upheld by this court, no case is made out for further enhancement as the learned counsel for the appellants has not been able to point out any other relevant independent material on record which could justify any further increase in the amount of compensation. Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed. 16.7.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge