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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
HARKESH MANUJA
Jagdish – Appellant
Versus
State Of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARKESH MANUJA, J.
Vide this common order, aforementioned two Regular First Appeals shall stand disposed of as they involve common question of law and fact. For the sake of brevity, the facts are being culled out from RFA-2258-1999.
2. By way of present appeal(s), challenge has been laid to the judgment dated 08.04.1999 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Ambala (for short ’the Reference Court’) whereby the reference petition filed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) by the appellants-landowners, seeking enhancement of compensation was partly allowed.
3. Briefly stating, certain land, situated within the revenue estate of Village Kanguwala, Hadbast No.146, Tehsil Kalka and District Ambala, was acquired for the public purpose, namely, “for construction of link road from Charnia Bargodam to Kalka Kherawali Road” vide notifications dated 25.02.1986 (published on 11.03.1986) issued under Section 4 and notification dated 24.09.1986 (published on 30.09.1986) issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘ the LAC’) vide award dated 15.08.1987 assessed the market value of the acquired
Compensation for acquired land must be determined based on comparable market values and the advantages associated with location, without undue deductions for development costs.
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