BIR SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY this judgment I dispose of as many as 206 appeals filed by the State of Haryana and the landowners. The details of the appeals filed by the State as well as by the claimants are enumerated as below :

(2.) SOME facts can be noticed in the following manner. The State of Haryana issued Notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act on 26.12.1988, published in the official Gazette vide which a big chunk of land measuring 491.29 acres of land falling in villages Jharsentli and Ballabgarh was acquired. The nature of the land, according to the revenue record was Chahi, Nehari, Magdha, Banjar Kadim, Gair Mumkin and Gair Mumkin Talab. The land was acquired for public purposes namely development and utilization of land as industrial area in Sector 58 of Faridabad-Ballabgarh Controlled area under the Haryana Urban Development Authority Act, 1977. The landowners demanded compensation at the rate ranging between Rs. 500/- to Rs. 1200/- per square yard. However, the Land Acquisition Collector, awarded compensation at the rate of Rs. 2,40,000/- per acre for the land classified as Chahi, Nehari, Magdha, Banjar Kadim, Gair Mumkin and at the rate of Rs. 1,50,000/- per acre for the remaining area measuring 37 Kanals described as Gair Mumkin Talab. He also awarded other statutory benefits under Sections 23 and 28 of the Land Acquisition Act.

(3.) I am disposing of these matters with the assistance rendered by the learned Counsel for the parties whose names I have already reproduced above before the start of this judgment.