R.F.A. No. 176 of 1990 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 6.12.2011 (1) R.F.A. No. 176 of 1990 (O&M) Mehar Chand (deceased) through LRs and others .. Appellants. Vs. State of Haryana .. Respondent (2) R.F.A. No. 945 of 1990 (O&M) Khacheru and another .. Appellants. Vs. State of Haryana .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Chetan Salathia, Advocate for the appellants in R.F.A. No. 945 of 1990. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. ... Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of R.F.A. Nos. 176 and 945 of 1990, as common questions of law and facts are involved. The land owners are in appeal seeking further enhancement of compensation awarded by the learned court below for the acquired land. The facts have been extracted from R.F.A. No. 176 of 1990. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 10.11.1982, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for R.F.A. No. 176 of 1990 [2] short, `the Act'), State of Haryana acquired the land situated in village Mewla Maharajpur for residential and commercial areas in Sector 21-C, Faridabad. The same was followed by notification dated 20.2.1983, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') awarded compensation @ ` 70,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 22/- per square yard. Learned counsel for the State submitted that the claim made by the land owners in the present set of appeals is squarely covered by the judgments of this Court in R.F.A. No. 205 of 1989—Bode (deceased) through LRs and others v. State of Haryana and another, decided on 30.3.2010, whereby the award of the learned court below was upheld. Learned counsel for the land owners did not dispute the aforesaid facts. In view of the above, the present appeals are dismissed. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 6.12.2011 mk