PUNJAB URBAN DEVEL. AUTHORITY vs GIAN SINGH & ANR.

105 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 1015 of 2005 (O&M) Date of Decision: 04.05.2026 Punjab Urban Development Authority ...Appellant Versus Gian Singh and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Maninder Singh Garcha, Sr. Advocate, assisted by Ms. Mehak Kanwar, Advocate for the appellant-PUDA/GMADA None for respondent No. 1-landowner Mr. Gunjan Mehta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for proforma respondent No. 2. **** HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL) At the outset, learned Senior Counsel for the appellant submits that the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment dated 05.11.2009 passed by this Court in a bunch of appeals, lead case of which was RFA No. 2378 of 2000, titled “State of Punjab Versus Gurdial Chand and others”, whereby the appeals preferred at the instance of landowners as well as by the State were dismissed, while maintaining the determination of the market value by the learned Reference Court. [2] No one appears on behalf of respondent No. 1-landowner. [3] After going through the judgment passed in Gurdial Chand’s case (supra) as well as the facts of the present case, this Court agrees with the