Landowners appealed for enhancement of compensation for 3.75 acres acquired in Village Untsal. The court found the sale instances relied upon related to different villages with no evidence of comparability, held market value cannot rest on speculation, dismissed the appeal and upheld the Reference Court award.
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RFA-3148-1998 (O&M) [1]
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
**AT CHANDIGARH *******
RFA-3148-1998 (O&M) Date of Decision: 07.05.2026
Sawan Singh (Since deceased) through LRs and ors. …….Appellants
Versus State of Haryana ..….Respondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA
Present: None for the appellants.
Mr. Jagdish Manchanda, A ddl.A.G., Haryana with Mr. Abhinash Jain, DAG, H aryana.
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HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL)
By way of present appeal, challenge has been laid to the Award d a ted 01.04.1998 passed by t he learned Addl. District Judge, Kuruksh e tra (hereinafter to be referre d as the ‘ Reference Court ’). 2. Briefly stating, in the pre s ent case, land measuring 3.75 acres si t uated within the revenue e state of Village Untsal, Te h sil Thanes a r, District Kurukshetra was a cquired vide Notifications dated 22.09.1 9 86 (published on 28.10.198 6 ) and 25.06.1987 (published on 25.08.1 9 87) issued under Sections 4 & 6 of the Land Acquisition A ct, 1894 (for short the ‘1894 Act’ ) resp e ctively, for the public purp o se, namely, “ for the construction of road K aulapur to Marchaheri ”. Aw a rd under S e ction 11 of the 1894 Act was passed by the Land Acquisi t ion Collecto r (for short ‘ the LAC ’) on 21. 0 3.1988, thereby determining the
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RFA-3148-1998 (O&M) [2]
market value of the acquired land @ Rs.48,000/- per acre for Chahi and Rs.24,000/- per acre for Gair Mumkin land besides award of all other statutory benefits including solatium @ 30% and interest provided under the 1894 Act.
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RFA-3148-1998 (O&M) [3]
evidence available on record to establish the proximity or comparability between the land parcels forming part of Ex.P1 to Ex.P4 vis-à-vis the acquired land.
| 07.05.2026 |
(HARKESH MANUJA) |
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| sanjay |
JUDGE |
| Whether speaking/reasoned? | Yes/No |
| Whether Reportable? | Yes/No |
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the landowners were entitled to further enhancement of compensation beyond Rs.48,000/- per acre awarded by the Reference Court.
3 provisions across 1 enactments
Sawan Singh (Since deceased) through LRs and ors.
State of Haryana
Harkesh Manuja
As recorded by the court registry
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