IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

RFA No. 1892 of 2000 (O&M) Date of Decision: 09.01.2026

State of Haryana

...Appellant

Versus

Smt. Jamuna Devi and others

...Respondents

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA

Present: Mr. Abhinash Jain, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana

for the appellant.

Mr. Kul Bhushan Sharma, Advocate

for the respondents.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL)

The appellant-State of Haryana, by instituting the present

appeal preferred under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “1894 Act”), seeks setting aside of the award dated 20.04.2000 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Faridabad (hereinafter to be referred as “Reference Court”) while restoring the award passed by the Land Acquisition Collector,

Faridabad (for short “LAC’)

[2] Briefly stating, some land owned by the respondents- landowners situated within the revenue estate of District Faridabad came to be acquired for public purpose, namely, for the development and utilization of land as residential and commercial in Sector-21D, Faridabad, Ballabgarh-Controlled Area. Vide Award No. 2 dated

05.05.1993, the LAC assessed the market value at the rate of Rs.3,50,000/- per acre.

[2.1] B