R.F.A. No. 1252 of 1997 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 1252 of 1997 Date of decision: September 12, 2008 Om Parkash .. Appellant v. State of Haryana .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Ashwani Talwar, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Navneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana for the respondent. Rajesh Bindal J. The appellant is in appeal before this Court against the award dated 28.2.1997, passed by learned Additional District Judge, Panipat for enhancement of the compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that land measuring 214.92 acres situated in the revenue estates of Villages Patti Insar, Panipat, Hadbast No. 12 and Patti Magdum Jadgan, Hadbast No.9, Tehsil and District Panipat was acquired vide notification dated 23.2.1989 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for development and utilization of land as residential and commercial area in Sector 17, Panipat. The same was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act on 22.2.1990. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') gave award of Rs. 2,00,000/- per acre per acre for the acquired land. Aggrieved against the same, the land owner filed objections which were referred to the learned Additional District Judge, Panipat, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, awarded Rs. 81/- per square yard for the acquired land. Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the claim made by the appellant in the present case is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in R.F.A. No. 1379 of 1994-- Nand Lal and others v. State of Haryana and another, decided on 29.11.2006. R.F.A. No. 1252 of 1997 [2] Learned counsel for the respondent does not dispute the fact stated by learned counsel for the appellant. For the detailed reasons recorded in Nand Lal's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 12.9.2008 mk