R.F.A. No. 3135 of 1999 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 3135 of 1999 (O&M) Date of Decision: 21.9.2010 State of Haryana and another .... Appellants vs. Amriti and others .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Mr. Navneet Singh, Mr. Brijender Dhankar, Mr. S. R. Hooda, Advocates for the landowners. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order will dispose of the following appeals arising out of common acquisition:- RFA Nos. 3135 to 3142 of 1999, RFA Nos. 863 to 867 of 2000, RFA Nos. 4703 and 5779 of 2001, RFA Nos. 392, 512 to 522, 994 and 3462 of 2002, RFA Nos. 2213 to 2216, 2233, 2273 to 2275, 2332 of 2004, RFA Nos. 1190 and 2574 of 2005, and RFA No. 3597 of 2008 The landowners have filed appeals seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing appeals the State of Haryana is seeking reduction of compensation. Briefly the facts are that vide notification dated 17.5.1990 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') the State of Haryana acquired land in the revenue estate of villages Sultanpur, Hadbast No. 78, Kabirpur, Habdast No. 79, Fazilpur Hadbast No. 81, and Shadipur, Tehsil and District Panipat for development and utilisation thereof as residential and commercial area in Sector-12, Sonepat. The same was followed by notification dated 16.5.1991 issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') assessed the market value of land of different villages at different rates. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land of village Sultanpur @ ` 100/- per square yard and ` 120/- per square yard for the land of villages Kapirpur, Fazilpur and Shadipur. Aggrieved against the award of learned Court below, the landowners as well as the State of Haryana are before this Court. R.F.A. No. 3135 of 1999 -2- Learned counsel for the parties submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 3677 of 2010- Udho Dass vs State of Haryana and others, decided on 21.4.2010, whereby the compensation for the acquired land was enhanced to ` 225/- per square yard. As the compensation payable for the acquired land was further enhanced, the claim of the State for reduction of compensation does not survive. Accordingly, the appeals filed by the State are dismissed. The appeals filed by the landowners are disposed of in terms of aforesaid judgment. 21.9.2010. ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge