Karamwati And ORS v. State Of Haryana And ANR

RFA No. 1183 of 2012 (1)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 1183 of 2012 (O&M) Date of decision :23.12.2015 Karamwati and others ... Appellants vs The State of Haryana and another .. Respondents Coram:

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal

Present:

None for the landowners.

Ms. Vibha Tewari, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal, J.

The landowners are in appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land.

Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 7.9.1992, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), State of Haryana sought to acquire 486.61 acres of land, situated in village Mewla Maharajpur, Tehsil and District Faridabad for development and utilization thereof as residential, commercial and institutional Sectors 44 and 47 at Faridabad. The same was followed by notification dated 17.9.1993, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') vide his award dated 8.2.1995, assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,96,800/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below, vide award dated 2.9.2011, assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 280/- per square yard. This award has been impugned by the landowners in the present appeal.

Learned counsel for the State fairly submitted that the claim made in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal Nos.3279 -3287 of 2013-- Ashrafi and SHARMILA 2016.01.05 11:24 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document.

Chandigarh

RFA No. 1183 of 2012 (2) others v. State of Haryana and others, decided on 11.4.2013, whereby, compensation for the land acquired vide same notification was assessed @ ` 325/- per square yard.

Accordingly, for the detailed reasons recorded in Ashrafi's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 23.12.2015 (Rajesh Bindal) sharmila Judge SHARMILA 2016.01.05 11:24 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document.

Chandigarh