R. F. A No. 355 of 1991 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 27.4.2010 1. R.F.A. No. 355 of 1991 (O&M) Ganga Deen (deceased) through LRs and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana ....... Respondent 2. R.F.A. No. 687 of 1991 Cross-objection No. 73/CI of 1991 (O&M) Parbhu ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana ....... Respondent 3. R.F.A. No. 1632 of 1991 (O&M) Ram Murti and others ..... Appellants vs Haryana State and others ....... Respondents 4. R.F.A. No. 8 of 1992 (O&M) Akhala Ram Kumar ..... Appellant vs The State of Haryana ....... Respondent 5. R.F.A. No. 4451 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 6. R.F.A. No. 4452 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 7. R.F.A. No. 4453 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 8. R.F.A. No. 4454 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents R. F. A No. 355 of 1991 -2- 9. R.F.A. No. 4455 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 10. R.F.A. No. 4456 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 11. R.F.A. No. 4457 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 12. R.F.A. No. 4458 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 13. R.F.A. No. 4459 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 14. R.F.A. No. 4460 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 15. R.F.A. No. 4461 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 16. R.F.A. No. 4463 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents 17. R.F.A. No. 4464 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents R. F. A No. 355 of 1991 -3- 18. R.F.A. No. 4466 of 2007 (O&M) Market Committee, Rewari ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ....... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. B. K. Bagri, and Mr. Jasbir Singh, Advocates, for the landowners. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Ravi Kapur, Advocate, for the Market Committee, Rewari. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of the aforesaid appeals and cross- objections, as the same arise out of a common acquisition. The landowners are before this court against the award of the learned court below under the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (for short, “the Act”) seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas the Market Committee, Rewari is seeking reduction in compensation. Briefly, the facts are that the State of Haryana vide notification No. 5070-Agri.II(5)-78/25019 dated 25.9.1979 published in the Haryana Government Gazette (Extraordinary) dated 25.9.1979, under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') and subsequent notification No. 951- Agri-II(5)-81/9998 dated 15.7.1981 issued under Section 6 of the Act, acquired land for public purpose, namely, for construction of New Grain Market and link road Daruhera- Shahjanpur road to Grain Market, by the Market Committee. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the land @ Rs. 16,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below, determined the market value of the acquired land @ Rs. 50,000/- per acre. It is this award, which is impugned in the present set of appeals and cross-objections by both the parties. Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that the issues raised in the present set of appeals and cross-objections are squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 508 of 1992 – Devi Ram and others vs State of Haryana, decided on 12.11.2009, whereby the amount of compensation for the acquired land was further enhanced to Rs. 3,84,000/- per acre. R. F. A No. 355 of 1991 -4- Since this court has further enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners, the claim of the Market Committee, Rewari, seeking reduction of compensation does not survive, whereas the landowners are entitled to increase in the same terms. Accordingly, the appeals and the cross-objections filed by the Market Committee are dismissed whereas the appeals filed by the landowners are disposed of in terms of Devi Ram's case (supra). 27.4.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge