R.F.A. No. 3990 of 2009 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 3990 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision : 6.4.2011 Anoop Singh alias Anoop Kumar .... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. B. S. Walia, Mr. D. S. Nain, Mr. Nitin Singhal, Mr. Rishi Nijhawan, Mr. Rakesh Nagpal, Mr. Sandeep Goyal, Mr. Rajinder Goyal,Advocates, Mr. S. K. Khanpur, Advocate for Mr. J. S. Saneta, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. D. V. Sharma, Senior Advocate with Mr. Harit Sharma, Advocate, for HUDA. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order will dispose of the following appeals bearing:- RFA Nos. 3990, 5788 to 5790, 5800, 5888 to 5895, 5907 to 5909, 5913, 5914, 5936, 5943 of 2009, RFA Nos. 2155 to 2161, 2801, 2866, 2987, 2990, 3486, 4232 to 4234, 4573 to 4576, 4620, 4623, 4882, 4891, 4940, 5044, 5091, 5092, 5318, 5324 to 5326, 5410 to 5412, 5432 to 5434, 5455, 5481, 5486 to 5488, 5494 of 2010; and RFA Nos. 139, 146, 147, 175 to 190, 255, 260, 261, 394 to 396, 415 to 429, 458, 459, 462, 464, 465, 468 to 470, 550, 617, 639, 656, 840 to 854, 876, 893, 894, 930, 931, 933, 935 to 960, 1058, 1283, 1293, 1491 to 1514, 1585, 1607, 1643, 1645, 1711, 1781, 1784 of 2011, as the same involve common questions of law and facts. R.F.A. No. 3990 of 2009 (2) The landowners have filed appeals seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land, whereas by filing appeals, the State of Haryana and Haryana Urban Development Authority, are seeking reduction thereof. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 9.8.2002, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), State of Haryana sought to acquire 277.46 acres of land situated within the revenue estate of village Patti Kaisth Seth, Kaithal, Hadbast No. 24, Tehsil and District Kaithal, for the purpose of development and utilisation thereof as residential, commercial and institutional Sector-21 Kaithal. The same was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act dated 8.8.2003. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”) vide his award dated 5.8.2005 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 5,00,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the fair market value of the acquired land @ ` 280/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned before this court by both the parties. Learned counsels for the parties very fairly conceded that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 254 of 2008 – Parveen Kumari vs State of Haryana and others decided on 4.4.2011, whereby the market value of the acquired land assessed @ ` 280/- per square yard by the learned court below, was upheld. Since this court had upheld the award of the learned court below, the claim of the parties for enhancement or reduction of compensation does not survive. Accordingly, for the detailed reasons recorded in Parveen Kumari's case (supra), the appeals are dismissed. 6.4.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge