RFA No. 1821 of 2010 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 1821 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 13.1.2011 Sukhwant Rai Bhasin ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Shiv Kumar, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner has filed the present appeal against the award dated 27.7.2009 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Faridabad, seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that land situated in the revenue estate of Village Uncha Gaon, Hadbast No. 76, Tehsil Ballabgarh, District Faridabad, was sought to be acquired by the State of Haryana vide notification dated 8.5.1995, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), for development and utilisation thereof as transport, communication, commercial, residential and institutional for Sector-61, Faridabad. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') vide award dated 30.4.1988 assessed the compensation for the acquired land @ ` 4,00,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 450/- per square yard, while relying on judgment of this court in RFA No. 2501 of 2001- Ved Pal and others vs State of Haryana and others, decided on 3.5.2006. Still dissatisfied with the award, the landowner is in appeal before this court. Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that though the learned court below has decided the claim of the appellant regarding valuation of land in terms of judgment of this court in Ved Pal's case (supra), in which for the land pertaining to village Jharsetli acquired for the purpose of development of Sector- 61, Faridabad, compensation was assessed @ ` 450/- per square yard, later on the same was clarified to mean that land of all the villages acquired for Sector-61, RFA No. 1821 of 2010 (2) Faridabad would be valued at ` 500/- per square yard. He has referred to order dated 9.1.2008 passed in RFA No. 1507 of 2001 Vinay Kumar Aggarwal vs State of Haryana and another and order dated 27.7.2009 passed in RFA No. 1684 fo 2001 Nanak Chand vs State of Haryana and others. The aforesaid facts are not disputed by learned counsel for the State. The land in question has been acquired for the purpose of development as Sector- 61, Faridabad. Considering the aforesaid facts and the orders cited by learned counsel for the appellant, the amount of compensation awarded to the appellant in the present case is enhanced to ` 500/- per square yard. The award of the learned court below is modified to the extent mentioned above. Rest of the directions remain as such. The appeal stands disposed of. 13.1.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge