The appeals before us have been preferred both by the State of Haryana and the claimants challenging the companypensation granted by the High Court.
The References under Section 18 were disposed of by the District Judges by passing widely differing awards.
For the purposes of the acquisition, a series of numberifications under Section 4 followed by declarations under Section 6 of the Act were issued between 1986 to 1987.
The Land Acquisition Collector awarded the same rate for all the four villages having regard to the nature of the land, namely, Rs.29,000/ for Chahi or irrigated land, Rs.20,000/ for Barani or number irrigated land and Rs.5,000/ per acre for Gairmumkin or number cultivable land.
The Single Judge of the High Court adopting a uniform rate for all types of land in all the villages directed the State Government to pay each of the claimants companypensation of Rs.1,72,000/ plus Rs.30,000/ per acre, the latter sum being on account of potential value of the acquired land.
The area acquired companyered about 180 acres and cut through villages Garhi Banjaran, Telipura, Udhampur and Bhukri.
These awards were subsequently challenged by the land owners from villages Telipura and Garhi Banjaran before the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
The acquisition was made by the State of Haryana for companystructing the Shahbad feeder.
with Civil Appeal Nos.6017 6032 of 1999 J U D G M E N T RUMA PAL, J. The issue involved in all these appeals relates to the companypensation awarded in respect of land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 referred to briefly as the Act .
