1 XOBJR-2- 147 IN THE HIGH COURT OF DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER MOHINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE Present: Mr. Manish Bansal, Advocate for RVNL. Mr. Nitish Kaushal, Advocate for landowners Mr. Gunjan Mehta, Addl. A.G. Punjab. HARKESH MANUJA 1. Vide this common judgment, a batch of 4 connected cross objections are being decided as all have arisen out the same award. The details of the connected cases are given at the foot of the judgment. 2. Learned counsel for the parties are ad idem appeals have already been decided on 23.12.2025 in a bunch, the lead case thereof being RFA filed in two appeals Tilak Raj and another”, instance of Railway objections preferred at the instance of landowners while assessing the market value of the acquired land situated in revenue estate of village was a statutory benefits and interest under the Act. -2026 in RFA-4248-2017 and other connected cases IN THE HIGH COURT OF +PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH XOBJR-2-2026 in Date of Decision: DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER NORTHERN RAILWAY AND ANOTHER Versus MOHINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Mr. Manish Bansal, Advocate for RVNL. Mr. Nitish Kaushal, Advocate for landowners Mr. Gunjan Mehta, Addl. A.G. Punjab. **** HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL) Vide this common judgment, a batch of 4 connected cross objections are being decided as all have arisen out the same award. The details of the connected cases are given at the foot of the judgment. Learned counsel for the parties are ad idem appeals have already been decided on 23.12.2025 in a bunch, the lead case thereof being RFA-4815-2017, with cross filed in two appeals, titled as “Deputy Chief Engineer and another vs. and another”, whereby all the appea instance of Railway-Department have been dismissed and the preferred at the instance of landowners while assessing the market value of the acquired land situated in revenue estate of village was assessed @Rs.92,97,200/ statutory benefits and interest under the Act. and other connected cases PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH in RFA-4248-2017 and other connected cases Date of Decision: March 16, 2026 RAILWAY AND ANOTHER ........Appellants ......Respondents HARKESH MANUJA Mr. Manish Bansal, Advocate for RVNL. Mr. Nitish Kaushal, Advocate for landowners-cross-objectors. Mr. Gunjan Mehta, Addl. A.G. Punjab. Vide this common judgment, a batch of 4 connected cross- objections are being decided as all have arisen out the same award. The details of the connected cases are given at the foot of the judgment. Learned counsel for the parties are ad idem that main appeals have already been decided on 23.12.2025 in a bunch, the lead 2017, with cross-objections having been Deputy Chief Engineer and another vs. all the appeals preferred at the have been dismissed and the cross- preferred at the instance of landowners have been disposed of while assessing the market value of the acquired land situated in revenue ssessed @Rs.92,97,200/- per acre along with all statutory benefits and interest under the Act. and other connected cases March 16, 2026 objectors. - objections are being decided as all have arisen out the same award. The main appeals have already been decided on 23.12.2025 in a bunch, the lead objections having been Deputy Chief Engineer and another vs. preferred at the - disposed of while assessing the market value of the acquired land situated in revenue per acre along with all TEJWINDER SINGH 2026.03.25 19:23 I agree to specified portions of this document 2 XOBJR-2-2026 in RFA-4248-2017 and other connected cases 3. Accordingly, the instant cross-objections are also disposed of in the terms of decision rendered by this Court in case of “Tilak Raj and Anr.” (supra) dated 23.12.2025 and the landowners are held entitled for similar market value of Rs.92,97,200/- along with all statutory benefits and interest payable under the provisions of amended Land Acquisition Act, 1984, especially the benefit of interest on solatium. 4. Further, wherever, the landowner(s)/cross-objector(s) has/have unfortunately expired in the appeal(s)/cross-objection(s) after filing thereof and the legal heirs have not been impleaded, they shall be at liberty to seek execution of the present decision by moving appropriate application(s) before the learned Executing Court 5. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed of. 16.03.2026 (HARKESH MANUJA) Tejwinder JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/No Other connected cases XOBJR-155-2025 in RFA-4839-2017 XOBJR-156-2025 in RFA-4806-2017 XOBJR-161-2025 in RFA-4810-2017 TEJWINDER SINGH 2026.03.25 19:23 I agree to specified portions of this document