R. F. A No. 1258 of 1988 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 11.9.2008 1. R. F. A No. 1258 of 1988 (O&M) Kishan Singh and others ..... Appellants vs The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents 2. R. F. A No. 1263 of 1988 (O&M) Hari Ram and others ..... Appellants vs The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. P. C. Chaudhary, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. H. S. Hooda, Advocate General, Haryana with Mr. Navneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of two Regular First Appeal Nos. 1258 and 1263 of 1988 as the same are arising out of one acquisition. However, the facts are noticed from R. F. A. No. 1258 of 1988. The appellants/claimants have approached this court through the present appeals for further enhancement in the compensation for acquisition of land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 31.5.1979, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired the land in the revenue estate of Village Nanhera, Hadbast no. 26, Tehsil and District Karnal, for public purpose namely for the construction of Indri Garhi Birpal Road to Islam Nagar. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the land at Rs. 8,520/- per acre for chahi, gair mumkin khand, gair mumkin bara, gair mumkin school and gair mumkin abadi and Rs. 5,000/- per acre for banjar quadim thur and gair mumkin basak-mavashian kind of land. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 11.3.1988, assessed the market value of the land at Rs. 11,567.60 paise per acre i.e. Rs. 2.39 paise per square yard. R. F. A No. 1258 of 1988 2 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. 1256 of 1988- Ram Nath and others vs State of Haryana and another, decided on 8.12.2004 whereby the compensation payable for acquisition of land was assessed at Rs. 15,500/- per acre. Learned Advocate General appearing for the State did not dispute the fact that the claim made by the appellants in the present appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in Ram Nath's case (supra). For the detailed reasons recorded in Ram Nath's case (supra), the appeals are allowed in terms of Ram Nath's case (supra). 11.9.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge