R.F.A. No. 934 of 2005 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 934 of 2005 (O&M) Date of decision : 2.5.2011 The State of Haryana .... Appellant vs M/s Ansal Housing and Estates Private Limited and another .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. C. B. Goel, Mr. Ashok Tyagi, Mr. Narender Sura, Mr. Navneet Singh, Mr. Sanjay Vij, Advocates, for the landowners. Mr. Gitish Bhardwaj, Advocate, for HUDA in RFA Nos. 67 of 2009 and 5313 of 2010. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order will dispose of the following appeals bearing RFA Nos. 934, 1357, 1730, 1731, 1765, 1768, 1818, 2364, 2458, 2486, 2912 of 2005; RFA No. 67 of 2009; RFA No. 4657, 5313 of 2010; and RFA No. 619 of 2011, as common questions of law and facts are involved. In the appeals filed by the State/HUDA, they are seeking reduction of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing appeals, the landowners are seeking enhancement thereof. Briefly the facts are that vide notifications dated 5.5.1997 and 15.5.1997 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') the State of Haryana acquired land in the revenue estates of village Wazirabad, Tehsil and District Gurgaon, for public R.F.A. No. 934 of 2005 (2) purpose. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') awarded compensation of acquired land @ ` 12,00,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 9,60,000/- per acre for allabarani, ` 8,40,000/- per acre for bhood and ` 7,20,000/- per acre for banjar and gair mumkin kinds of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. The learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 717/- per square yard. In some cases, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land at ` 361/- per square yard. Aggrieved against the award of learned Court below, both the parties are in appeal before this Court. Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 1824 of 2006 Sudama and others vs The State of Haryana and another, decided on 1.10.2010, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners for the land acquired vide same notification was enhanced to ` 1,216/- per square yard. Learned counsels for the State and HUDA did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. For the reasons recorded in Sudama's case (supra), the appeals filed by the State/HUDA are dismissed and that of the landowners are disposed of in terms thereof. 2.5.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge