RFA No. 6142 of 2011 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 6142 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 21.12.2011 Chhotu Ram ...Appellant Versus Haryana State and others .....Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Tapan Kumar Yadav, Advocate for the landowner. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. The landowner is in appeal seeking enhancement of compensation awarded by the learned court below for the acquired land. Brief facts of the case are that land measuring 29.58 acres situated in the revenue estate of village Daultabad, Hadbast No. 121, Tehsil and District Faridabad was sought to be acquired by State of Haryana for the purpose of development and utilization of land as residential, institutional and commercial Sector-20-A at Faridabad vide notification, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “the Act”), on 3.7.1995. The same was followed by notification dated 2.7.1996, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short “the Collector”) vide his award dated 29.06.1998 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 5,85,000/- per acre. The landowner feeling dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, filed reference under Section 18 of the Act. The learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 400/- per sq. yard. Learned counsel for the landowner fairly submitted that the claim made in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in RFA No. 2869 of 2010, decided on 27.01.2011 titled as Bir Singh RFA No. 6142 of 2011 2 and others vs. Haryana State and others, whereby the award of the learned court below was upheld. For the detailed reasons stated above in Bir Singh’s case (supra), there is no merit in the appeal, the same is dismissed. As the appeal is without any substance, the accompanying application for condonation of delay in re-filing the appeal is also dismissed. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 21.12.2011 sharmila