IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
HARKESH MANUJA
Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (Gmada), Through Its Estate Officer – Appellant
Versus
Jasvir Singh Dhaliwal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARKESH MANUJA, J.
[1]. Vide this common order, a bunch of 155 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 identical facts and question of law. For the sake of brevity, facts are being taken from RFA No.1172 of 2017.
[2]. By way of present appeal(s), challenge has been laid to the Award dated 29.10.2016 passed by the learned Addl. District Judge, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) (hereinafter to be referred as the ‘Reference Court’).
[3]. Briefly stating, in the present case(s), land measuring 133.4248 acres situated within the revenue estates of villages Boothgarh, Kartarpur, Kansala, Rani Majra, Saini Majra, Ghandauli, Bansepur, Togan and Teera, District S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) came to be acquired vide Notifications dated 17.05.2013 and 10.09.2013 issued under Sections 4 & 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the ‘1894 Act’) respectively for the public purpose, namely, “for the construction of PR-4 60 mtrs. wide road as per Master Plan from village Boothgarh to Togan”. Award under Section 11 of the 1894 Act was passed by the Land Acquisition Collec





The market value of acquired land should be assessed based on the comparable sale exemplars of the contemporaneous period with respect to the parcels of land, either forming part of the acquired land....
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