Bhim Singh And ORS. v. State Of Haryana And ANR.
RFA No. 2342 of 2007 (1)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 2342 of 2007 (O&M) Date of decision :15.10.2015 Bhim Singh and others ... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another .. Respondents Coram:
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal
Present:
Mr. Surender Saini, Advocate, Mr. Shilak Ram Hooda, Advocate and Mr. R.S. Malik, Advocate, for the appellants. Ms. Vibha Tewari, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal, J.
This order will dispose of a bunch of appeals bearing RFA Nos.2342, 2393, 2413, 2857, 3688, 3714 to 3720, 4152 of 2007, 792, 1040, 3641, 5709 of 2008, 23, 190, 567 and 1508 of 2009, as common questions of law and facts are involved therein.
The landowners are in appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land, whereas, the State is in appeal seeking reduction thereof.
Briefly, the facts of the case are that State of Haryana vide notification dated 29.7.2002, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') sought to acquire land situated in villages Rohat, Bindroli and Nahra, Tehsil Kharkoda and Sonepat, District Sonepat for construction of Carrier Lined Channel. The same was followed by notification dated 8.10.2002, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector'), vide awards dated 29.5.2003 and 9.9.2003, assessed the market value of the acquired land of villages Rohat and Bindroli @ ` 2,50,000/- per acre and ` 3,00,000/- per SHARMILA 2015.10.21 13:32 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document.
Chandigarh
RFA No. 2342 of 2007 (2) acre for village Nahra vide award dated 16.1.2004. Aggrieved against the awards of the Collector, the landowners filed objections which were referred to the learned court below, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, assessed the compensation for the acquired land of village Rohat @ ` 2,70,000/- per acre and ` 3,30,000/- per acre for Nahra. Reference petitions of village Bindroli were dismissed. The same have been impugned by the landowners as well as by the State before this Court. Learned counsel for the State submitted that the claim made in the present set of appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in RFA No. 743 of 2007- Jeet Ram v. State of Haryana and others , decided on 29.1.2010, whereby, awards of the reference court were upheld and the appeals were dismissed.
Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Jeet Ram's case (supra), the present appeals are also dismissed. 15.10.2015 (Rajesh Bindal) sharmila Judge SHARMILA 2015.10.21 13:32 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document.
Chandigarh