RFA No. 2542 of 2010 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2542 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 19.8.2010 The State of Haryana ..... Appellant vs Laxmi Narain and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The State of Haryana has filed the present appeal seeking reduction of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 11.9.2000, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”), the State of Haryana acquired land measuring 0.16 acres situated in Village Kadipur, Tehsil and District Gurgaon, for development and utilisation thereof as residential and commercial area of Sector-10, Gurgaon. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”) vide his award dated 19.5.2003 determined the market value of the land @ ` 10,50,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference, the learned court below, determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 17,27,880/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal by the State of Haryana. A perusal of the impugned award shows that the learned court below had assessed the market value of the acquired land in the present case on the basis of judgment of this court in RFA No. 1767 of 1995 State of Haryana through Collector Gurgaon Etc. vs Om Parkash etc decided on 25.7.1997, whereby the market value of land acquired vide notification dated 8.3.1989 was assessed @ ` 7,26,000/- per acre i.e. ` 150/- per square yard. The land in the present case is the small left out portion of the same land which was acquired vide notification dated 8.3.1989. The learned court below while assessing the market value of the acquired land in the present case has granted increase @ 12% per annum for the time gap of 138 months in between the notifications dated 8.3.1989 and 11.9.2000. The increase granted by the court below is as per various judgments of this court as well as Hon'ble the Supreme Court. RFA No. 2542 of 2010 -2- In view of the above, no case for reduction is made out. Accordingly, the appeal stands dismissed. Since the main appeal has been dismissed on merits, the applications filed by the State for condonation of delay in refiling and filing of appeal are also dismissed. 19.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge