RFA No. 2300 of 2014

(1)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

RFA No. 2300 of 2014 (O&M)

Date of decision : 1.9.2015

Ran Singh and others

... Appellants

vs

State of Haryana and others

.. Respondents

Coram:

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal

Present:

Mr. Aditya Jain, Advocate and

Mr. Mohd. Shameem, Advocate, for

Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Advocate, for the landowners.

Mr. Arun Beniwal, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana.

Rajesh Bindal, J.

This order will dispose of four appeals bearing RFA No.2300,

3346, 3347 and 5220 of 2014, as common questions of law and facts are

involved therein.

The landowners are in appeals seeking enhancement of

compensation for the acquired land.

Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 15.11.2002,

issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the

Act'), State of Haryana sought to acquire land measuring 110 bighas, 9

biswas, 18.5 biswansi, situated within the revenue estate of village Khandsa,

69 acres, 4 kanals, 4 marlas land of village Narsinghpur, 157 acres, 1 kanal,

16.62 marlas land of village Begumpur Khatola for public purposes i.e. for

development of integrated complex for industrial, institutional, commercial,

recreational and other public utilities in villages Khandsa, Narsingpur and

Begampur Khatola for IMT Manesar. Notification under Section 6 of the

Act was issued on 12.11.2003. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short,

“the Collector”) vide award dated 18.11.2005 assessed the market value of

the acquired land @ ` 15,00,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of

the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference, the learned

SHARMILA

2015.09.04 16:56

I attest to the accuracy and

authenticity of this document.

Chandigarh

RFA No. 2300 of 2014

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court below, vide award dated 18.11.2013 while relying upon award of the

nearby acquired land, determined the fair market value of the acquired land

@ ` 40,09,688/- per acre. It is this award which has been impugned by the

landowners before this court.

Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the claim

made in the present set of appeals is squarely covered with the judgment of

this court passed in RFA No. 5378 of 2013-Ram Niwas and others

Vs.

Sub

Divisional Officer and others, decided on 23.9.2014, whereby,

compensation for the land acquired vide same notification was assessed @ `

57,08,000/- per acre.

Learned counsel for the State did not dispute the aforesaid fact.

For the detailed reasons recorded in Ram Niwas's case (supra),

the present appeals are disposed of in the same terms.

1.9.2015

(Rajesh Bindal)

sharmila

Judge

SHARMILA

2015.09.04 16:56

I attest to the accuracy and

authenticity of this document.

Chandigarh