High Court of Punjab and HaryanaRFA/10074/2014disposed of

Vijay Kumar & ORS v. Land Acquisition Collector & ORS

2015-10-15Mr. Justice Ramendra Jain2 pages

RFA No. 10074 of 2014 (1)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 10074 of 2014 (O&M) Date of decision :15.10.2015 Vijay Kumar and others ... Appellants vs Land Acquisition Collector-cum-SDO, Civil, Gurgaon and others .. Respondents Coram:

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal

Present:

Ms. Pratibha Yadav, Advocate, for the appellants. Ms. Vibha Tewari, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal, J.

By filing the present appeal, the landowners are 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 situated within the revenue estate of village Khandsa, Narsinghpur, Begumpur Khatola for public purposes. The same was followed by notification dated 12.11.2003, issued under Section 6 of the Act. 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 court below, vide award dated 19.7.

2014, determined the fair market value of the acquired land @ ` 40,95,000/- 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 appeal 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 further SHARMILA 2015.10.28 12:42 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document.

Chandigarh

RFA No. 10074 of 2014 (2) enhanced.

Learned counsel for the State did not dispute the aforesaid fact. Accordingly, for the detailed reasons recorded in Ram Niwas's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 15.10.2015 (Rajesh Bindal) sharmila Judge SHARMILA 2015.10.28 12:42 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document.

Chandigarh