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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
HARKESH MANUJA
Kamla Devi – Appellant
Versus
Haryana State through Secretary, PWD(B&R), Deptt. Chandigarh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARKESH MANUJA, J.
Vide this common order, a bunch of 4 Regular First Appeals, details of which are given in the footnote of this judgment, are being decided as all the appeals have arisen out of common acquisition/Award involving common facts and question of law. For the sake of brevity, facts are being taken from RFA No.1146-1997.
2. By way of filing the present appeal(s) challenge has been laid to the decision dated 13.02.1997 passed by the learned Additional District Judge-I Panipat-cum-Reference Court (for short ‘the Reference Court’).
3. Briefly stating, some land, situated within the revenue estate of Village Pasina Khurd, the then District Karnal was acquired by the Government of Haryana vide notifications dated 04.09.1975 (published on 16.9.1975) and 22.12.1976 (published on 04.01.1977), issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, for short ‘the Act’ respectively, for public purpose, namely, “for the construction of link road from national Highway No.1 (G.T. Road) to Village Nurpur Gujran”. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘the LAC’) vide award dated 24.10.1985 assessed market value in respect of the acquired land @ Rs.5,000/- per acre
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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