RFA No. 1316 of 1992 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 1316 of 1992 (O&M) Date of decision : 27.4.2011 The State of Haryana .....Appellant vs Brij Bhushan ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Madan Pal and Mr. Dheeraj Jain and Mr. Ashok Gupta, Advocates, Mr. G. S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for Mr. M. L. Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Balwinder Singh, Advocate for Mr. Avnish Mittal, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of following appeals bearing RFA Nos. 1316, 1328, 1332, 1690, 1691, 1694, 1698, 1699, 1701, 1703, 1716, 1779, 1782, 1784, 1785 to 1789, 1792, 1793, 1799, 1880, 1887, 2124, 2286, 2290 to 2292, 2421, 2484, 2970 to 2973, 3184, 3186, 3213, 3742 of 1992; RFA Nos. 724, 2588 of 1993; RFA Nos. 911, 919 to 922, 1600, 2402 of 1995; RFA Nos. 1706, 2140 of 1997; Cross-objection nos. 46/CI of 1993; and 19/CI of 1994 as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. RFA No. 1316 of 1992 (2) By filing the appeals and cross-objections, the landowners are seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing appeals the State of Haryana is seeking reduction thereof. Briefly, the facts are that the land in question, situated in village Ferozepur Kalan, Hadbast No. 386, District Ambala was sought to be acquired by the State of Haryana vide notification dated 30.3.1982 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for development and utilisation thereof as commercial area. It was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act on 26.10.1982. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, the Collector') determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 20/- per square yard. Aggrieved against the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land at ` 70/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals by both the parties. Learned counsel for the parties did not dispute the fact that the learned court below had determined the market value of the land on the basis of earlier award, whereby the market value for the acquired land vide same notification in the same area had been determined at ` 70/- per square yard. The same is in conformity with the judgment of this Court in RFA No. 2859 of 1992 – Faquiria vs The State of Haryana, decided on 19.1.1996 and followed subsequently in RFA No. 1057 of 1993 State of Haryana vs Piara Singh decided on 9.3.2009, whereby this Court had upheld the award of the learned court below assessing the market value of the land acquired vide same notification at ` 70/- per square yard. Accordingly, no case for interference is made out. The appeals and cross-objections are dismissed. 27.4.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge