Chandu Lal v. Haryana State

In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 296 of 2000 (O&M) Chandu Lal ..... Appellant vs Haryana State and others .... Respondents Coram:

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal

Present:

Mr. R. N. Singal, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J.

The landowner has filed the aforesaid appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land.

Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Haryana vide notification dated 21.3.1991 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short 'the Act') acquired land situated within the area of Hisar, for development and utilization thereof as residential Sectors of Urban Estate of Hisar. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 3,00,000/- per acre for category 'A', ` 2,50,000/- per acre for category 'B' (abutting railway lines and cremation ground), and ` 2,00,000/- per acre category 'C' land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference, the learned Court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 235/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal.

Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the issues raised in the present appeal are squarely covered by judgment of this court in LPA No. 953 of 2000 Partap Singh vs State of Haryana, dated 11.1.2006, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners was further enhanced. No other point was raised.

Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in the aforesaid judgment, the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 7.1.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs.

Judge