1 127 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH SHER SINGH AND ORS. STATE OF HARYANA AND CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE Present: Mr. Randhir Shehrawat, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Abhinash Jain, DAG, Haryana. HARKESH MANUJA, Vide this common order, 7 Regular First Appeal(s) shall stand disposed of, details of which are mentioned in the footnote of the judgment. For convenience, the facts are being culled out from RFA 2362-2010. 2. By way of present appeal, challe judgment dated 27.11.2009 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Bhiwani (for short ’Reference Court’) whereby the reference petition filed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as ‘t seeking enhancement of compensation was partly allowed. 3. Briefly stating, certain land, situated within the revenue estate of Village Khera, District Bhiwani was acquired for the public purpose, namely, “for constr 10.03.1997 and 02.07.1997 issued under Sections 4 and 6 respectively of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘LAC’) vi No.8 dated 02.06.1999 assessed the market value of the land RFA-2362-2010 (O&M) and other connected cases IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA-2362-2010 (O&M) and other connected cases Date of Decision: March 20, 2026 INGH AND ORS. Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Mr. Randhir Shehrawat, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Abhinash Jain, DAG, Haryana. **** HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL) Vide this common order, 7 Regular First Appeal(s) shall stand disposed of, details of which are mentioned in the footnote of the judgment. For convenience, the facts are being culled out from RFA By way of present appeal, challe judgment dated 27.11.2009 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Bhiwani (for short ’Reference Court’) whereby the reference petition filed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) by the appellants seeking enhancement of compensation was partly allowed. Briefly stating, certain land, situated within the revenue estate of Village Khera, District Bhiwani was acquired for the public purpose, for construction of Khera Minor” 10.03.1997 and 02.07.1997 issued under Sections 4 and 6 respectively of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘LAC’) vi No.8 dated 02.06.1999 assessed the market value of the land 2010 (O&M) and other connected cases IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 2010 (O&M) and other connected cases Date of Decision: March 20, 2026 ......Appellants ......Respondents HARKESH MANUJA Mr. Randhir Shehrawat, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Abhinash Jain, DAG, Haryana. Vide this common order, 7 Regular First Appeal(s) shall stand disposed of, details of which are mentioned in the footnote of the judgment. For convenience, the facts are being culled out from RFA- By way of present appeal, challenge has been laid to the judgment dated 27.11.2009 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Bhiwani (for short ’Reference Court’) whereby the reference petition filed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 he Act’) by the appellants-landowners, seeking enhancement of compensation was partly allowed. Briefly stating, certain land, situated within the revenue estate of Village Khera, District Bhiwani was acquired for the public purpose, uction of Khera Minor” vide notifications dated 10.03.1997 and 02.07.1997 issued under Sections 4 and 6 respectively of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘LAC’) vide Award No.8 dated 02.06.1999 assessed the market value of the land 2010 (O&M) and other connected cases Date of Decision: March 20, 2026 Vide this common order, 7 Regular First Appeal(s) shall stand disposed of, details of which are mentioned in the footnote of the - nge has been laid to the judgment dated 27.11.2009 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Bhiwani (for short ’Reference Court’) whereby the reference petition filed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 landowners, Briefly stating, certain land, situated within the revenue estate of Village Khera, District Bhiwani was acquired for the public purpose, vide notifications dated 10.03.1997 and 02.07.1997 issued under Sections 4 and 6 respectively de Award No.8 dated 02.06.1999 assessed the market value of the land TEJWINDER SINGH 2026.03.30 19:01 I agree to specified portions of this document 2 RFA-2362-2010 (O&M) and other connected cases @Rs.35,000/- per acre for nehri land, @Rs.25,000/- per acre for tiba and gair mumkin land besides granting all other statutory benefits under the Act. 4. The appellants-landowners, feeling dissatisfied with the award, sought reference under Section 18 of the Act pleading that the price of the acquired land was not less than Rs.1,00,000/- per acre as the same was high-yielding agricultural land. 5. Upon notice, the same was contested by the respondents- State by way of filing a written statement wherein it was pleaded that the compensation awarded to appellants-landowners in terms of rates assessed by the Committee constituted by Commissioner, Hisar; was just and appropriate and thus, warranted no interference. 6. After considering the evidence, the learned Reference Court, vide award dated 27.11.2009 declined the prayer qua enhancement of compensation, however, awarded damages against severance @Rs.4,000/- per acre. 7. Aggrieved of the aforesaid award dated 27.11.2009 passed by the learned Reference Court, the appellants-landowners filed the present appeal(s). 8. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and gone through the paper-book. 9. In the present case, the details of sale deeds produced by the appellants-landowners are extracted hereunder: Exhibit Area Value Date Rate per acre P-1 68 K 4 M Rs.4,84,000 05.11.1998 Rs. 56,774/- P-2 5 K 4 M Rs.80,000 21.01.1999 Rs.1,23,076/- TEJWINDER SINGH 2026.03.30 19:01 I agree to specified portions of this document 3 RFA-2362-2010 (O&M) and other connected cases 10. A perusal of the above table shows that both the sale deeds produced by the appellants-landowners in the form of Exs.P-1 dated 05.11.1998 and P-2 dated 21.01.1999 relate to the period post notification under Section 4 of the Act in the case(s) in hand and thus, are not to be relied upon for the purpose of assessment of market value herein. Besides, the aforementioned two sale deeds, no evidence has been adduced by the appellants-landowners to establish any locational or potential advantage attached to the acquired land so as to enable this Court to re-assess or revise the market value in favaour of appellants- landowners. 11. Accordingly, in view of the aforesaid, finding no illegality or perversity with the award dated 27.11.2009 passed by the learned Reference Court, the present appeal(s) being devoid of merits are thus, dismissed. 12. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of. 20.03.2026 (HARKESH MANUJA) Tejwinder JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/No Other connected cases RFA-2363-2010 RFA-2364-2010 RFA-2365-2010 RFA-2366-2010 RFA-2367-2010 RFA-2368-2010 TEJWINDER SINGH 2026.03.30 19:01 I agree to specified portions of this document