IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Rajesh Kumar and Others . . . . Appellants Vs.

Land Acquisi0on Officer, Panchkula . . . . Respondent ****

Reserved on: 22.01.2026 Pronounced on: 23.01.2026 Pronounced fully/opera0ve part: Fully ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA Argued by:- Mr. Ram Bilas Gupta, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Gaurav Garg, AAG, Haryana.

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DEEPAK GUPTA, J.

This appeal arises out of the award dated 02.11.1992 passed by the Ref-

erence Court under Sec*on 18 of the Land Acquisi*on Act, 1894, rela*ng to ac-

quired land situated in Village Taraf Afgan, District Panipat.

2. The land in ques*on, along with land belonging to several other landowners of villages Taraf Afgan, Ugra Kheri and Malik Ugrakheri (now falling within District Panipat), was acquired by the State of Haryana vide no*fica*on dated 15.12.1982 issued under Sec*on 4 of the Act, followed by declara*on dated 23.02.1985 under Sec*on 6, for the public purpose of development and u*lisa*on of residen*al, commercial and industrial area, namely Sector-25, Part- II, Urban Estate, Panipat. The Land Acquisi*on Collector vide Award No.9 dated 27.09.1985, assessed the market value of the acquired l