RFA No. 3495 of 2010 (1) IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 3495 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 9.2.2011 Smt. Krishana and others ...Appellants vs State of Haryana ..Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. A. K. Kansal, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal, J. The landowners 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 enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Brief facts of the case are that vide notification dated 6.2.2002, issued under Section 4 of the Act, land situated in revenue estate of Village Bhairon Khera, District Jind was acquired by the State of Haryana for construction of Bhairon Khera-Ramkali Drain. The same was followed by notification issued under Section 6 of the Act dated 23.7.2002. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,70,000/- per acre for nehri and ` 1,20,000/- per acre for barani and banjar kadeem kinds of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections under Section 18 of the Act. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 3,00,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 2492 of 2005 State of Haryana vs Inder Singh and others decided on 6.8.2008, which was subsequently followed by this court in RFA No. 1258 of 2005 State of Haryana vs Maha Singh and others decided on RFA No. 3495 of 2010 (2) 5.11.2008 whereby the appeals arise out of the same acquisition have been remitted back to the reference court for fresh consideration. Learned counsel for the State did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Inder Singh's and Maha Singh's cases (supra), the appeal is disposed of in the same terms. The parties are directed to appear before the learned District Judge, Jind, on 5.3.2011. The learned District Judge will club the reference with other cases referred back earlier by this Court. 9.2.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs Judge