RFA No. 2215 of 1993 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 2215 of 1993 (O&M) Date of decision : 28.10.2010. State of Haryana ..... Appellant vs Sumitra Devi ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of the appeals bearing RFA Nos. 2215, 2247, 2252, 2253 of 1993, 198 of 1994, 1476 and 1595 of 2002, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The State of Haryana is in appeals 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 reduction of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 4.3.1983, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired land measuring 133.68 acres situated within the revenue estate of village Patti Mehar, Hadbast No. 58, and village Sondha, Hadbast No. 114, Tehsil and District Ambala, for development and utilisation thereof as residential and commercial area in Sector-8 at Ambala. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value @ ` 40,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 32,000/- per acre for barani and ` 16,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 100/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals. Learned State counsel very fairly conceded that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of this court in Satish Kumar vs State of Haryana, (1994-3) PLR 243, whereby the compensation payable for acquisition of land vide same notification was further enhanced to ` 112/- per square yard. RFA No. 2215 of 1993 -2- Accordingly, for the detailed reasons recorded in Satish Kumar's case (supra), the appeals are disposed of in terms thereof. 28.10.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge