R. F. A No. 148 of 1997 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 148 of 1997 (O&M) Date of decision : 22.2.2011 The State of Haryana and another ..... Appellants vs Pem Raj ... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. R. A. Yadav and Mr. Sanjay Vij, Advocates, for for the landowners. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 148 to 150, 1463 of 1997, 2893, 3787 to 3789 of 1998, 1607 of 1999, 415 of 2001, 1366 of 2002, 2571, 4459 and 4668 of 2003 and cross-objection No. 13/CI of 2011, as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. By filing appeals, the State of Haryana is seeking reduction of compensation awarded to the landowners for the acquired land whereas by filing appeals and cross-objections the landowners are seeking further enhancement thereof. The facts have been extracted from RFA No. 148 of 1997. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 17.4.1989, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), the land situated in villages Ghatta, Wazirabad and Haiderpur Viran, Tehsil and District Gurgaon was acquired by the State of Haryana for development thereof as residential/ institutional area in Sectors 49, 50 (part old) and Sectors 55, 56 (part new) at Gurgaon. The same was followed by notification dated 16.4.1990, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the R. F. A No. 148 of 1997 2 market value of the acquired land as under:- Village Kind of land Rates per acre in ` Ghata Gair mumkin 50,000/- For other kinds of land 75,000/- Wazirabad Gair mumkin 1,00,000/- For other kinds of land 1,25,000/- Haiderpur Viran Gair mumkin 75,000/- For other kinds of land 1,00,000/- 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 ranging from ` 5,17,831/- to ` 9,15,000/- per acre. It is this award which is challenged in the present set of appeals by both the parties. It is not disputed by learned counsel for the parties that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 1971 of 2002 Naut Ram and others vs State of Haryana and another decided on 15.10.2010, whereby the market value of the land acquired vide same notification for same very purpose was assessed @ ` 8,23,500/- per acre. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Naut Ram' s case (supra), the appeals are disposed of in the same terms. 22.2.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge