203 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CM-4197-CI-2023 in/and RFA-1520-2023 (O&M) Date of Decision: April 23, 2026 Chand Ram @ Chander … Appellant Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA Present:- Mr. Azad Khan, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Gaurav Garg, AAG, Haryana. DEEPAK GUPTA , J.(Oral) The land of the appellant and various landowners, situated in village Kassar, hadbast No.43, Tehsil Bahadurgarh, District Jhajjar was no'ﬁed for acquisi'on under Sec'on 4 of the Land Acquisi'on Act, 1894 (hereina0er referred as ‘the L.A. Act’) on 09.04.2007 followed by declara'on under Sec'on 6 of the L.A. Act on 10.04.2007, for the public purpose, namely construc'on master sewerage treatment plant. The Land Acquisi'on Collector vide award No.14 dated 08.12.2007 determined the market value @ 16 lacs per acre besides statutory beneﬁts. Various landowners including the appellant herein sought references under Sec'on 18 of the L.A. Act and the Reference Court determined the value @ 50 lacs per acre vide award dated 17.08.2017. 2. Present appeal has been ﬁled seeking further enhancement accompanied by an applica'on bearing No.CM-4197-CI-2023 to condone the delay of 1398 days in ﬁling the appeal. 3. Today, reply to the applica'on for condona'on of delay has been ﬁled opposing the same. SARITA RANI 2026.04.24 12:07 I attest to the accuracy of this document/order CM-4197-CI-2023 in/and RFA-1520-2023 (O&M) - 2 - 2026:PHHC:062335 4. Learned counsel for both the sides concede the fact that the present appeal is fully covered, inasmuch as various appeals ﬁled by numerous landowners, have already been decided by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 11.07.2022 in RFA-2810-2018, 'tled as “Suresh Chander Sharma and others v. State of Haryana and others”, whereby the market value of the acquired land was assessed @ 77,64,400/- per acre apart from all the statutory beneﬁts. However, learned State counsel informs that against the said order, SLP bearing Diary No.32874 of 2023 is pending before Hon’ble Supreme Court for 07.05.2026. A copy of computer generated status of the said case is placed on record. 5. In view of the aforesaid admiCed posi'on, the present appeal is hereby disposed of by allowing the appellant the market value of the acquired land in terms of Suresh Chander Sharma’s case (supra), subject to the condi'on that the appellant shall not be allowed interest for the delayed period of 1398 days. This order shall be subject to the outcome of the aforesaid SLP pending before Hon’ble Supreme Court. The accompanied applica'ons also stand disposed of. April 23, 2026 (DEEPAK GUPTA) sarita JUDGE Whether reasoned/speaking: Yes/No Whether reportable: Yes/No SARITA RANI 2026.04.24 12:07 I attest to the accuracy of this document/order

CHAND RAM @ CHANDER v. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

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