RFA No. 2379 of 1991 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2379 of 1991 (O&M) Date of decision : 28.9.2010 Smt. Bhagwani Devi ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Sunil K. Rana, Advocate for Mr. Amit Jain, Advocate, for the landowners RFA No. 1537 of 1991. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Brijeshwar Singh Kanwar and Ms. Ranjna Shahi, Advocates, for Union of India. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 1537, 2379 to 2381 of 1991, 681, 688, 689, 1488 and 3983 of 1992, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The land owners are in appeal before this Court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') seeking further enhancement in compensation for the acquired land whereas Union of India is seeking reduction thereof. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Haryana vide notification dated 18.6.1984 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired land measuring 3636 kanals 9 marlas situated within the revenue estate of Village Mayar, Tehsil and District Hisar, for extension of Hisar Cantonment Area. The same was followed by notification issued under Section 6 of the Act on 25.6.1984. The Land Acquisition Collector vide Award No. 3 dated 31.1.1986 divided the land into five categories and announced the award for 3609 kanlas 16 marlas of land @ ` 50,000/- per acre for `A` category; ` 30,000/- per acre for `B` Category; ` 25,000/- per acre for `C` category; ` 15,000/- per acre for `D` category; and ` 10,000/- per acre for `E` category of land. Aggrieved against the same, the landowners filed objections under Section 18 of the Act which were referred to the learned Additional District Judge, Hisar, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, vide his award dated 4.3.1991, determined the market RFA No. 2379 of 1991 (2) value of the acquired land @ ` 1,00,000/- per acre for the land falling in block `A` and ` 50,000/- per acre for the land falling in block `B`. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals by both the parties. Learned counsels for the parties submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by the judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Union of India and others vs Mangatu Ram etc. reported as AIR 1997 Supreme Court 2704, wherein the compensation payable to the landowners was determined as under:- “Accordingly, we are of the view that lands situated around 500 years from the main road should be classified as `A` class land irrespective of the quality of the land, i.e., whether it is Nehari, Chahi, Banjar Quadium, Banjar Jadid or Gair Mumkin, the uniform rate of compensation at Rupees 1,00,000/- per acre would be granted to such lands. For the rest of the `A` Class lands, the compensation would be at Rs. 60,000/- per acre. Banjar Quadim, Banjar Jadid and Gair Mumkin lands are classified as `B` class lands and for that land, the compensation at the rate of Rs. 30,000/- per acre would be reasonable, just and adequate compensation.” Accordingly for the reasons stated in the aforesaid case, the appeals are disposed of in terms thereof. 28.9.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge