R. F. A No. 2747 of 1994 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R.F.A. No. 2747 of 1994 (O&M) Date of decision : 23.3.2011 State of Haryana .... Appellant vs Janendra Gurukul .... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. S. P. Jain, Senior Advocate with Mr. Dheeraj Jain, Advocate, Mr. Hardip Singh and Mr. Sanjay Mittal, Advocates, for the landowners. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 2747, 2788 of 1994, 861 of 1996, 734, 2689 to 2692, 4031 to 4034 of 1998, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below under the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (for short, “the Act”) seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing appeals, the State of Haryana is seeking reduction in compensation. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 2.7.1985, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana sought to acquire land in the revenue estate of Village Kharak Mangoli, Hadbast No. 388, Tehsil Kalka, District Panchkula (the then District Ambala), for the development and utilisation thereof as residential and commercial area. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 75,000/- per acre for abpashi, ` 50,000/- per acre for barani, ` 25,000/- per acre for banjar and ` 12,500/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On R. F. A No. 2747 of 1994 -2- reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below, determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,20,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals by both the parties. Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issues involved in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 41 of 1997– Smt. Parkash Rani vs State of Haryana decided on 29.10.2009, whereby the market value of the land acquired vide same notification was enhanced to ` 250/- per square yard. Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Smt. Parkash Rani's case (supra), the appeals are disposed of in the same terms. 23.3.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge