RFA No. 3356 of 1998 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 3356 of 1998 (O&M) Date of decision : 25.2.2011 State of Haryana and another ...Appellants vs Kabul Singh and others ...Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Salim Malik, Advocate for Mr. Shailendra Jain, Advocate, for the respondents RFA No. 1558 of 2009. Rajesh Bindal, J. This order shall dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 3356 of 1998 and 1558 of 2009, as common questions of law and facts are involved in these appeals. The State of Haryana has filed appeal seeking reduction of compensation awarded to the landowners for the acquired land, whereas by filing appeal, the landowners are seeking enhancement thereof. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 16.12.1988, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired land situated within the revenue estate of villages Khandsa, Kadipur and Naharpur Roopa, Tehsil and District Gurgaon, for public purpose namely for the development and utilisation of land for industrial and commercial purposes. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, the Collector) assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,50,000/- per acre for Village Khandsa, and ` 1,25,000/- per acre for villages Kadipur and Naharpur Roopa. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 7,22,500/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals by both the parties. RFA No. 3356 of 1998 (2) Learned counsel for the parties very fairly submitted that the issue involved in the present appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R.F.A. No. 59 of 1997 – Attar Singh and others vs State of Haryana, decided on 13.5.1999, whereby the award of the learned court below was upheld. Since the award of the learned court below was upheld by this court in Attar Singh's case (supra), the claim made in the present appeals does not survive. Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed. 25.2.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge