IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA-1951-2004 (O&M) Decided on:-02.09.2025 Gopi and another …..Appellants….

vs.

State of Haryana and another …..Respondents….

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Kulvir Narwal, Advocate, for the appellant(s) (in RFA-556 to 562 of 2005).

Mr. Dinesh Arora, Advocate, for the appellant(s) (in RFA Nos.1951 & 1952-2024).

Mr. Sunil Panwar, Advocate and Mr. Dhruv Singh, Advocate for the appellant(s) (RFA-2391, 2408 to 2410-2004).

Mr. Abhishek Yadav, DAG, Haryana.

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HARKESH MANUJA J. (Oral)

1. Vide this common judgment, the batch of total 13 connected Regular First Appeals are being decided as all have arisen out of the same award. The details of the connected cases are given on the foot of the judgment.

1.2 For convenience, the facts are being taken from RFA-1951-

2004 (O&M).

2. By way of present appeal, challenge has been laid to an award dated 27.05.2004 passed by the learned Reference Court-cum-Additional District Judge, Rohtak, whereby, reference petition(s) preferred at the instance of appellants-landowners having invoked Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for brevity, “1894 Act”), were partly allowed.

3. Brief