In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A. No. 1413 of 1996 (O&M) Date of decision : 1.10.2008 Smt. Usha and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Kulbhushan Sharma, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Navneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The claimants are in appeal before this court against the award dated 6.4.1996 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Sonipat. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 16.11.1988 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired the land situated in the revenue estate of Village Garhi Brahmnan, Jamalpur Khurd and Kalpur, Tehsil and District Sonipat, for the development and utilisation of the land as residential and commercial area in Sector-23, Sonipat. The Land Acquisition Collector awarded Rs. 1,00,000/- per acre for all kinds of land. The learned court below, on reference under Section 18 of the Act, vide judgment dated 6.4.1996, assessed the value of the land at Rs. 49/- per square yard. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the claim made by the appellants in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R.F.A. No. 662 of 1996 – Pirthi Singh and another vs State of Haryana and another, decided on 30.5.2008, whereby the compensation for acquisition of land was enhanced to Rs. 77/- per square yard. Learned Assistant Advocate General does not dispute this fact. For the detailed reasons stated in Pirthi Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is allowed in the same terms. 1.10.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge