118 IN TH Gopi Chand The State o CORAM: Present: HARKESH appeal pref (for short “ 10.01.2002 (hereinafte enhanceme [2] Notification followed by certain land estate of V acquisition w and utilizati open space IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJA AT CHANDIGAR RFA Date hand and others Versus tate of Haryana HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HAR Mr. Rajinder Goel, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Abhinash Jain, DAG, Hary for the respondent. **** KESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL) The appellants-landowners, l preferred under Section 54 of the L hort “1894 Act”), are seeking modi .2002 passed by the learned Addition inafter to be referred as “ ncement of compensation amount. Briefly, the facts are that in pu ation under Section 4 of the 1894 ed by Notification dated 18.04.1991 n land of the appellants-landowners, of Village Jharsa, District Gurga ition was made for public purpose, n tilization of land for residential, co spaces/recreational area at Gurga UNJAB AND HARYANA IGARH RFA No. 2459 of 2002 (O&M) Date of Decision: 30.01.2026 ...Appellants ...Respondent HARKESH MANUJA , , Haryana ers, by instituting the present f the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 modification of the award dated dditional District Judge, Gurgaon as “Reference Court”) for unt. t in pursuance of Haryana Govt. 1894 Act issued on 20.04.1990, .1991 under Section 6 thereof, ners, situated within the revenue Gurgaon, was acquired. The se, namely, for the development al, commercial, institutional and urgaon. The Land Acquisition DINESH KUMAR 2026.01.30 19:50 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document
       -2-     Collector, Gurgaon (for short “LAC”) vide Award No. 8, dated 23.03.1993, assessed the market value of the acquired land alongwith other statutory benefits as under:- Sr. No. Kind of land Market Value per acre (in Rs.) Village: Jharsa 1. Chahi 4,00,000.00 2. Magda 3,50,000.00 3. Bhood 3,00,000.00 4. Gair Mumkin 2,50,000.00 Villages: Bindapur, Samaspur and Kanhai 1. Chahi 1,50,000.00 2. Magda 1,25,000.00 3. Banjar & Gair Mumkin 1,00,000.00 [3] Aggrieved of the aforesaid Award, landowners / interested persons filed objection under Section 18 of the Act of 1894, which was accepted vide decision dated 01.12.1998 by the learned Reference Court, thereby enhancing the market value at the rate of Rs. 212/- per square yard besides other statutory benefits. [4] Dissatisfied with the aforesaid decision of the learned Reference Court, the present appeal has been preferred at the instance of appellants-landowners. [5] After hearing learned counsel for the parties and having gone through the paper-book / records, no case for interference in the impugned award is made out. [6] A perusal of the record shows that the appellants- landowners have been awarded the market value at the rate of Rs.212/- per square yard while relying upon the judgment dated 03.06.1999 passed by this Court in RFA-883 of 1999, titled “State of Haryana Versus Dilbagh and others”. The said determination relates to the same notification dated 20.04.1990 issued under DINESH KUMAR 2026.01.30 19:50 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document
       -3-     Section 4 of the 1894 Act as well as the same award dated 23.03.1993 in the case at hand. [7] Further, learned State Counsel, on instructions, has very categorically submitted that there is no alternation made to the determination dated 03.06.1999 passed in Dilbagh Singh’s case (supra) either by way of any Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) or by the Hon’ble Apex Court. [8] Consequently, in the considered opinion of this Court, no case for interference with the impugned award dated 10.01.2002 passed by the learned Reference Court is made out and the appeal is hereby dismissed. [9] Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, shall stand(s) disposed off.
January 30, 2026 ( HARKESH MANUJA ) ‘dk kamra’ JUDGE

    
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