R. F. A. No. 4363 of 2006 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : R. F. A. No. 4363 of 2006 Date of Decision : December 09, 2009 Sadhu Singh .... Appellant Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Naresh Kaushal, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Manohar Lal, Addl. A. G., Punjab. Mr. H. P. S. Ghuman, Advocate for Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA). * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : By this common order, I am disposing of nine appeals i.e. R.F.A. No. 4363 of 2006 titled Sadhu Singh vs. State of Punjab, R.F.A. No. 4365 of 2006 titled Karamjit Kaur and others vs. State of Punjab, R.F.A. No. 3422 of 2007 titled Bhai Khalsa Ji vs. State of Punjab, R.F.A. No. 3567 of 2007 titled Kesar Singh vs. State of Punjab, R.F.A. No. 3938 of 2007 titled Mangal Singh vs. State of Punjab, R.F.A. No. 1727 of 2008 titled Kuldip Singh and others vs. State of Punjab, R.F.A. No. 2696 of 2008 titled Gurmail Singh vs. State of Punjab, R.F.A. No. 4852 of 2008 titled Gurmit Singh vs. State of Punjab and R.F.A. No. R. F. A. No. 4363 of 2006 2 5654 of 2008 titled Jaswinder Singh and others vs. State of Punjab, preferred by land owners because these appeals pertain to same acquisition of land. On oral prayer of learned counsel for GMADA that the land was acquired for PUDA, of which GMADA is successor-in-interest, GMADA is ordered to be impleaded as respondent no.2 to the instant appeals. Necessary correction in the `Memo of Parties' be made by the Office. Land Acquisition Collector awarded compensation @ Rs.10,00,000/- per acre for land touching Sectors 66 to 69 and running up to Sohana Mauli Baidwan link road; Rs.8,00,000/- per acre for chahi land and Rs.7,00,000/- per acre for banjar land. The Reference Court, on reference petitions filed by land owners under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short – the Act), enhanced the compensation to Rs.17,00,000/- per acre. Feeling still aggrieved, the land owners have preferred the instant appeals. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case files. Learned counsel for the parties state that the instant appeals are covered by judgment dated 02.03.2009 of this Court passed in R. F. A. No. 3004 of 2006 titled Surjit Singh vs. State of Punjab and another, vide which bunch of 496 appeals was disposed of. Learned counsel for the parties submitted that land owners and GMADA have preferred Special Leave Petitions in Hon'ble Apex Court against judgment dated 02.03.2009 of this Court in the case of Surjit Singh (supra). In view of the aforesaid, without prejudice to the rights of the parties in Special Leave Petitions, the instant appeals are disposed of in R. F. A. No. 4363 of 2006 3 terms of judgment dated 02.03.2009 of this Court in the case of Surjit Singh (supra) and accordingly, the land owners (appellants) are awarded compensation for their acquired land @ Rs.19,85,700/- per acre along with statutory benefits in accordance with provisions of Sections 23 (1-A), 23 (2) and 28 of the Act. In R.F.A. No. 4363 of 2006 titled Sadhu Singh vs. State of Punjab, the appellant Sadhu Singh shall also be entitled to compensation for superstructures in terms of judgment dated 02.03.2009 of this Court in the case of Surjit Singh (supra). December 09, 2009 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE