RFA No. 2748 of 2003 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- RFA No. 2748 of 2003 Date of decision: 05.03.2008 Mahavir Singh and others ...Appellants Versus State of Haryana ...Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Nirmal Yadav -.- Present : Mr. Mahendra Singh Tewatia, Advocate for the Appellants Mr. Siddharth Batra, A. A.G. Haryana for the respondent-State -.- Nirmal Yadav, J. (Oral) Through this appeal, the appellants have challenged the Award dated 23.12.2000 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Faridabad. Vide notification dated 22.5.1995 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (herein after to be called as 'the Act'), land measuring 194.51 acres was acquired in village Chandawali, for a public purpose, namely, for the development and utilization of land as institutional, residential and commercial for Sector 65, Faridabad. The Land Acquisition Collector, Urban Estates, Department of Haryana, vide his award dated 06.05.1998, had assessed the market value of the acquired land at the rate of Rs. Four lacs per acre. Aggrieved against the said award, the land owners RFA No. 2748 of 2003 2 made reference under Section 18 of the Act. The Additional District Judge, Faridabad, after taking into consideration the entire evidence on record, enhanced the compensation to Rs.290/- per square yard. Still aggrieved, some of the land owners challenged the order of the reference Court before this Court in Regular First Appeal No. 2501 of 2001 titled as 'Ved Pal and Others Vs . State of Haryana and Others' and this Court, vide order dated 03.05.2006, had enhanced the compensation to Rs.450/- per square yard. Learned counsel for both the parties submit that the case in hand, is fully covered by the ratio of judgment of Ved Pal's case (supra), as the acquisition proceedings in the present case have also been initiated pursuant to the same very notifications. In view of the above, this appeal is also allowed in the same terms as in Regular First Appeal No. 2501 of 2001. (Nirmal Yadav) Judge March 05, 2008 mohan