Gokal Chand vs. State Of Haryana

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No(s).10968/2011

(From the judgement and order dated 01/10/2010 in RFA No. 821/2009 of The HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH)

SADBA & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

HARYANA STATE & ORS. Respondent(s)

(With prayer for interim relief and office report) WITH S.L.P.(C)...CC NO. 7258 of 2011 With I.A.1 (c/delay in filing SLP and office report) SLP(C) NO. 11086 of 2011 (With prayer for interim relief and office report) S.L.P.(C)...CC NO. 7259 of 2011 With I.A.1 (c/delay in filing SLP and office report) S.L.P.(C)...CC NO. 7273 of 2011 With I.A.1 (c/delay in filing SLP and office report)

Date: 29/04/2011 These Petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S. SINGHVI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASOK KUMAR GANGULY

For Petitioner(s) Dr.M.S.Verma, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Delay condoned.

These petitions are directed against judgment dated 01.10.2010 of the learned Single Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, who allowed the appeals filed by the petitioners under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') and enhanced market value of the acquired land from Rs.361/- per 2 square yard fixed by the Reference Court to Rs.1216/- per square

yard in respect of the land acquired vide Notifications dated 05.05.1997 and 15.05.1997 and to Rs.1520/- per square in respect of the land acquired vide Notification dated 08.09.1997.

We have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. In our view, the impugned judgment does not suffer from any legal infirmity. The learned Single Judge fixed higher market value after considering the relevant factors like location of the acquired land, potential for development and sale deeds produced by the parties and there is no valid ground for further increasing market value of the acquired land.

The special leave petitions are accordingly dismissed.

Court Master Court Master

( Satish K.Yadav ) ( Phoolan Wati Arora )