RFA No.2133 of 2009 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.2133 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: 18.11.2010 State of Haryana ...Appellant Versus Kusum Lata and another .....Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. RAJESH BINDAL, J. This order shall dispose of RFA Nos.2133 to 2136, 2498, 2500 and 2501 of 2009. Brief facts of the case are that vide notification dated 16.03.1999, issued under Section 4 of the Act, land situated in Village Saketri, Hadbast No.376, Tehsil and District Panchkula was acquired by the State of Haryana for development and utilization as residential, commercial, institutional, recreational area in Mansa Devi Complex, Panchkula. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land. The landowner/claimant feeling dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, filed reference under Section 18 of the Act. The learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 418/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned by the State in the bunch of appeals. Learned counsel for the State pointed out that a bunch of appeals arising out of the same acquisition have already been decided by this Court vide detailed judgment in RFA No.3008 of 2008 titled as Smt. Poonam Versus State of Haryana and another decided on 25.02.2009, whereby the cases have been remanded back to the reference Court. Now, in the present bunch, there are seven appeals filed by the State. He has further submitted that the appeals filed by the respondent-land owners bearing RFA Nos.5402, 5419, 5392 of 2008 and 2697, 2987, 333, 1356 of 2009 have been decided by this Court on February 25, 2009 in Smt. Poonam’s case RFA No.2133 of 2009 (O&M) 2 (supra) and the matters have been remanded back. The present appeals have been filed by the State against those land owners. Once, the appeals filed by the land owners against the award of the learned court below have been remanded back to the learned court be- low, in my opinion it would be appropriate to remit back present cases as well by dispensing with the service of the land owners as they must be ap- pearing before the court below in the cases already remanded back. Accordingly, the award of the court below is set aside. The par- ties are directed to appear before the learned District Judge, Panchkula on 11.12.2010 for further proceedings. The learned District Judge will entrust the cases to the same court which is dealing with the earlier remanded cases. Respondents be also summoned in case need be. The appeals are disposed of in the manner indicated above. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 18.11.2010 sharmila