R. F. A No. 479 of 1991 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 479 of 1991 (O&M) Date of decision : 20.4.2011 Bed Singh adopted son of Kala (deceased) through LRs .. Appellant vs The State of Haryana and another ... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner has approached this court seeking further enhancement of the compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 2.9.1981, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), State of Haryana sought to acquire land measuring 2.15 acres situated within the revenue estates of Bahadurgarh for development and utilisation thereof as road area for Urban Estate Department. The same was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') vide award no. 15 dated 17.2.1983 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 5/- per square yard. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 7.2.1990, determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 10/- per square yard. It is this award which is challenged in the present appeal. R. F. A No. 479 of 1991 2 At the time of hearing no one has appeared for the appellant. It is not disputed by learned State counsel that the learned court below had assessed the compensation for the acquired land @ ` 10/- on the basis of judgment of this court in RFA No. 1060 of 1981 Mirza Naved Beg vs The State of Haryana decided on 15.2.1982, whereby the market value of the land acquired vide notification under Section 4 of the Act dated 6.1.1977 in the same area was assessed. The present acquisition was carried out vide notification dated 2.9.1981. If the base is taken in terms of the value of the land as given in Mirza Naved Beg's case (supra) reasonable increase for time gap in between two acquisitions can very well be granted. Keeping in view the prices at that time and the time gap of four years and 8 months years between the two acquisitions, in my opinion, increase @ 6% per annum on ` 10/- would be reasonable. Accordingly, the value of the acquired land in the present case is determined at ` 13/- per square yard. The appellant shall also be entitled to the statutory benefits available under the Act. The appeal stands disposed of. As counsel for the appellant was not available, a copy of this order be sent to the appellant. 20.4.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge