CWP No.13504 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURTOF PUNJAB AND HARYANA, CHANDIGARH. CWP No.13504 of 2009 Date of decision: 9.9.2009 Pritam Singh and others ....Petitioners vs. State of Haryana and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE J.S.KHEHAR. HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE S.D.ANAND. --- Present: Mr.Anil Kshetarpal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Ashish Kapoor Addl.A.G.Haryana,for the respondents. -- J.S.KHEHAR,J. (Oral) Written statement on behalf of respondent No.2 has been filed in Court today. The same is taken on record subject to all just exceptions. Copy thereof has been furnished to the learned counsel for the petitioners. Consequent upon the acquisition of the land, the land Acquisition Collector announced the award on 16.07.2007 concluding that compensation payable to the land owners was to be determined on the basis of the following parameters: “Prime Land Rs.24-lacs per acre. Land falling in municipal limits Rs.20-lacs per acre. Remaining land. Rs.10-lacs per acre”. Based on the aforesaid parameters, the land of the petitioners was treated as remaining land and consequently, compensation was paid to the petitioners at the rate of Rs.10 lacs per acre. The vehement contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners before this Court was, that the acquired land owned by the petitioners should have been treated as land falling in municipal limits for which compensation was payable at the rate of Rs.20 CWP No.13504 of 2009 2 lacs per acre at least to the extent acknowledged in paragraph 3 of the written statement. In paragraph 3 of the written statement filed on behalf of respondent No.2, the details of the land of the petitioners falling in municipal limits have been mentioned, as such, the petitioners ought to have been paid compensation at the rate of Rs.20 lacs per acre to the extent the acquired land falls in the municipal limits. In view of the above, the instant petition is allowed. The respondents are directed to pay the petitioners compensation for the acquired land at the rate of Rs.20 lacs per acre for the land admittedly falling in the municipal limits along with the other statutory benefits available to them under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order. The instant writ petition stands allowed in the aforesaid terms. ( J.S.Khehar) Judge ( S.D.Anand ) Judge September 9, 2009 rk