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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
HARKESH MANUJA
Ram Kishan – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARKESH MANUJA, J.
1. By way of filing the present appeal challenge has been laid to the Award dated 02.11.1995, passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Rohtak, (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Reference Court’).
2. Briefly stating, 17.04 acres of land (later found to be 17.55 acres), situated within the revenue estate of Village Dawarkhana, Hadbast No.75, the then Tehsil Jhajjar, was acquired by the Government of Haryana vide notifications dated 04.06.1990 (published on 22.06.1990) and 26.11.1990 (published on 04.12.1990), issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, for short ‘the Act’ respectively, for public purpose i.e. for “construction of Gurgaon Water Supply Channel from RD 49950 to 58000 K.M.” The Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘the LAC’) vide award dated 04.06.1991 assessed market value in respect of the acquired land @ Rs.1,00,000/- per acre for Nehri/Chahi land, Rs.80,000/- per acre for Barani land and Rs.60,000/- per acre for Banjar and Gair Mumkin land, along with all other statutory benefits under the Act.
3. Dissatisfied with the aforesaid award, the appellant/ landowner filed reference petition invoking Section 18 of the A
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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