R. F. A No. 975 of 1992 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 975 of 1992 (O&M) Date of decision : 25.5.2011 Jasbir Singh .... Appellant vs State of Haryana ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Mahipal Singh, Advocate for Mr. Ashish Kapoor, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal, J The present appeal has been filed by the landowner seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 22.3.1988 published on 22.8.1988, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana sought to acquire land in Village Mewla Maharajpur, Tehsil Ballabgarh, District Faridabad, for development and utilisation thereof as residential and commercial area in Sector 21-C extension of Faridabad, within the Faridabad-Ballabgarh controlled area. The same was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act dated 7.7.1989. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, the Collector) vide his award dated 27.3.1990 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,50,000/- per acre for narmot and gair mumkin kinds of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowner filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 45/- per square yard vide award dated 16.10.1991. It is this award which is impugned by the landowner in the present appeal. R. F. A No. 975 of 1992 -2- Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the issue raised in the present appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 567 of 1992 -Major Sukhdip Singh Randhawa vs State of Haryana, decided on 20.8.2009, whereby the market value of the land acquired vide same notification was further enhanced to ` 200/- per square yard. The aforesaid factual position is not disputed by learned State counsel. For the reasons recorded in Major Sukhdip Singh Randhawa's case (supra), the appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 25.5.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge