RFA No. 3197 of 1999 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 12.7.2010 1. RFA No. 3197 of 1999 (O&M) Misri Devi and another .....Appellants Versus Haryana State and another .....Respondents 2. RFA No. 3568 of 1999 and Cross-objection No. 45-CI of 2000 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Om Parkash and others .....Respondents 3. RFA No. 3569 of 1999 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Rajinder Kumar and another .....Respondents 4. RFA No. 3570 of 1999 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Mohinder Singh and others .....Respondents 5. RFA No. 3571 of 1999 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Rajbir Singh and others .....Respondents 6. RFA No. 3572 of 1999 and Cross-objection No. 49-CI of 2000 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Ramesh Kumar .....Respondent 7. RFA No. 3573 of 1999 and Cross-objection No. 46-CI of 2000 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Subhash Chander .....Respondents 8. RFA No. 3574 of 1999 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Hardial .....Respondent RFA No. 3197 of 1999 2 9. RFA No. 3575 of 1999 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Kishore Kumar .....Respondents 10. RFA No. 3576 of 1999 and Cross-objection No. 50-CI of 2000 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Mithan Lal and others .....Respondents 11. RFA No. 3577 of 1999 and Cross-objection No. 51-CI of 2000 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Ram Niwas Aggarwal .....Respondent 12. RFA No. 3578 of 1999 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Sarswati Devi .....Respondent 13. RFA No. 3579 of 1999 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Onkar Mal Aggarwal .....Respondent 14. RFA No. 3580 of 1999 and Cross-objection No. 48-CI of 2000 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Kailash Chander .....Respondent 15. RFA No. 3674 of 1999 and Cross-objection No. 47-CI of 2000 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Ishwar Chand .....Respondent 16. RFA No. 3683 of 1999 (O&M) Kishor Kumar .....Appellant Versus State of Haryana and another .....Respondents RFA No. 3197 of 1999 3 17. RFA No. 3734 of 1999 (O&M) State of Haryana and another .....Appellants Versus Misri Devi and another .....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Jaswant Jain, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of the aforesaid appeals as well as the cross- objections, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners have filed the appeals seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing the appeals, the State of Haryana is seeking reduction in the compensation. In some of the appeals filed by the State, the landowners have filed cross-objections seeking enhancement of compensation. The facts have been extracted from RFA No. 3197 of 1999. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 21.3.1991 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired land for development and utilisation thereof for residential purposes for Sector-16 and parts of Sectors 11, 13, 15 and 17 Hissar. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the land at Rs. 3 lacs per acre for category “A”, Rs. 2.50 lacs for category “B” (abutting Railway lines and cremation ground) and Rs. 2 lacs for category “C”. Dissatisfied with the award of the Land Acquisition Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court determined the market value of the acquired land @ of Rs. 200/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals. Learned counsel for the parties submitted that the issues involved in the present set of appeals and cross-objections are squarely covered by a Division Bench judgment of this court in L. P. A. No. 953 of 2000 – Partap Singh and another vs State of Haryana and another decided on 11.1.2006, whereby the market value of the acquired land was fixed at a uniform rate of Rs. 235/- per square yard. RFA No. 3197 of 1999 4 Since this court had further enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners, the appeal filed by the State for reduction does not survive. Accordingly, the appeals filed by the State are dismissed and the appeals as well as the cross-objections filed by the landowners are allowed in terms of Partap Singh's case (supra). 12.7.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge