R.F.A. No. 76 of 1998 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. R.F.A. No. 76 of 1998 (O&M) Date of Decision: 4.8.2010 Gram Panchayat, Nizampur .... Appellant vs. State of Haryana and another .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Mr. Rishu Mahajan, Advocate for Mr. Harkesh Manuja, Advocate, Mr. C. B. Goel, Mr. Arun K. Singal, and Mr. Vishal Gupta, Advocates, Mr. Vikas Lochab, Advocate for Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocate, for the land-owners. Mr. H. S. Hooda, Advocate General, Haryana with Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order will dispose of a bunch of 26 appeals bearing RFA Nos. 76 of 1998, 2287 to 2293, 2295 to 2298, 2301, 2302, 2326, 2719, 3300, 4790 and 5213 of 2001, 801, 2140, 2258 and 2990 of 2002, 5, 4411 and 4674 of 2003 as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners have filed appeals seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing appeals the State is seeking reduction of compensation. Briefly the facts are that vide notification dated 2.3.1993 under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') the State of Haryana acquired land in the revenue estates of villages Nizampur, Sarai Bachhra, Ajizullapur, Patti Magdum Jadgan, Patti Taraf Insar, Faridpur, Tehsil and District Panipat, for development and utilization thereof as residential, commercial and institutional area for Sector-18, Panipat. The Land Acquisition Collector awarded different rates for the land pertaining to different villages. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections, which were referred to learned Court below who on the basis of material placed on record by the parties, determined market value of the acquired land @ ` 185.60 per square yard. In the case of the Gram Panchayat, Nizampur, the learned court below dismissed the reference. Aggrieved against the award of learned Court below, the landowners as well as the State are in appeal before this Court. R.F.A. No. 76 of 1998 -2- Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by a Division Bench judgment of this court in RA No. 84/CI of 2007 in RFA No. 2600 of 2001 Bahadur Chand vs State of Haryana and another, decided on 5.8.2008, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land was further enhanced to ` 206/- per square yards. Learned Advocate General, Haryana did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. In view of the above, the appeals filed by the State seeking reduction of compensation are dismissed and that of the landowners are disposed of in terms of the aforesaid judgment. 4.8.2010. ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge