R.F.A. No. 2244 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 2244 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: September 28, 2010 Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation .. Appellant v. Duli Chand and others .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Rajesh Hooda, Advocate for Mr. Kamal Sehgal, Advocate for the appellant. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of R.F.A. Nos. 2244 to 2246 of 2010, as common questions of law and facts are involved. Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation is in appeal seeking reduction in the amount of compensation awarded to the land owners for the acquired land. The facts have been extracted from R.F.A. No. 2244 of 2010. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 24.5.1996, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), land in question situated in village Suthani, Tehsil Bawal, District Gurgaon was acquired by the State of Haryana for development as Industrial Growth Centre at Bawal. The same was followed by notification dated 23.5.1997, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land @ 3,00,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ 4,25,000/- per acre. A perusal of the impugned award shows that land pertaining to the same village was earlier acquired vide notification dated 11.12.1995. The learned court below assessed the market value @ 4,00,000/- per acre, which has been upheld by this Court in R.F.A. No. 3541 of 2006 –Nand Ram and others v. State of Haryana and others, decided on 14.9.2010. The notification under Section 4 of the Act in the present case was issued on 24.5.1996. Considering the time gap of 5 R.F.A. No. 2244 of 2010 [2] months and 13 days between the two notifications, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ 4,25,000/- per acre, which does not call for any interference by this Court. Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed. However, it is made clear that dismissal of appeal filed by Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation will not have any bearing in the appeal, if any, filed or to be filed by the land owners. The merits thereof shall be considered independently. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 28.9.2010 mk