RFA No.3660 of 2003 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 1. RFA No.3660 of 2003 Date of Decision: 28.10.2009 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Amar Singh and others .....Respondents 2. RFA No.3661 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Sukhdev Kaur etc. .....Respondents 3. RFA No.3664 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Mahabir Singh .....Respondent 4. RFA No.3665 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Janki Devi .....Respondent 5. RFA No.3671 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Jagmal Singh etc. .....Respondents RFA No.3660 of 2003 -2- 6. RFA No.3672 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Hardial Kaur etc. .....Respondents 7. RFA No.3673 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Sukhdev Singh etc. .....Respondents 8. RFA No.3679 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Jaswant Singh etc. .....Respondents 9. RFA No.3683 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Parminder Singh and Another .....Respondents 10. RFA No.3684 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Jagpreet Singh .....Respondent 11. RFA No.3686 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Gendi etc. .....Respondents RFA No.3660 of 2003 -3- 12. RFA No.3687 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Jang Bahadur etc. .....Respondents 13. RFA No.3688 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Om Parkash etc. .....Respondents 14. RFA No.3689 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Sukhdev Kaur etc. .....Respondents 15. RFA No.3690 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Azmat Singh etc. .....Respondents 16. RFA No.3692 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Padmawati etc. .....Respondents 17. RFA No.3693 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Jagpreet Singh etc. .....Respondents RFA No.3660 of 2003 -4- 18. RFA No.3694 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Parminder Singh etc. .....Respondents 19. RFA No.3695 of 2003 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant V/s Hardial Kaur etc. .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be report in the Digest? Present: Mr.Deepak Sharma, Advocate for UT, Chandigarh. None for the respondents. *** HEMANT GUPTA J. (ORAL) 1. This order shall dispose of 19 appeals filed by the Union Territory, Chandigarh, arising out of the Award dated 29.01.2003, passed by the Reference Court, determining Rs.9,07,500/- per acre as the market value acquired for the Chahi land and Rs.3,78,124/- per acre for the land described as Nadi, Nala and Choe. 2. Dissatisfied with the amount of the market value determined, the land owners have filed separate appeals. This Court vide order dated 30.03.2009 allowed the appeals filed by the land-owners and determined the market value @ Rs.16,80,040/- per acre for the land other than Gair Mumkin, Nadi, Choe and Khadan and Rs.7,00,050/- per acre for the land RFA No.3660 of 2003 -5- recorded in the record as Gari Mumkin Nadi, Choe and Khadan vide the main judgment in RFA No.2785 of 2002 titled as Hari Singh and Another V/s Union Territory, Chandigarh, through its Land Acquisition Collector. The land-owners were also entitled to all statutory benefits in terms of the provisions of The Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984. 3. The present bunch of appeals arises out of the Award, which was subject matter for consideration earlier by this Court. Since the appeals of the land-owners have been allowed, therefore, the appeals filed by the Chandigarh Administration are bound to be dismissed in terms of the same judgment as in Hari Singh's case (supra). 4. Dismissed. 28.10.2009 (HEMANT GUPTA) shamsher JUDGE