SAMUNDER SINGH & ORS vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS

1 RFA Nos.2451 of 2016 (O&M) with other connected cases IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 217-U RFA No.2451 of 2016 (O&M) with other connected cases Date of Decision: 05.05.2026 SAMUNDER SINGH AND ORS. ......Appellants Vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Sandeep Parkash Chahar, Advocate for the appellants/landowners. Mr. Pankaj Gupta, Sr. Panel Counsel, UOI for respondent No.1 (through V.C.). Mr. Abhinash Jain, D.A.G., Haryana. **** HARKESH MANUJA, J. (Oral) [1]. Vide this common order, RFA Nos.2451, 2452, 2453, 1669, 1670 & 1671 of 2016 (O&M) are being decided as the same have arisen out of common acquisition/Award involving identical facts and question of law. For the sake of brevity, facts are being taken from RFA No.2451 of 2016. [2]. By way of present appeal(s), challenge has been laid to the Award dated 02.11.2015 passed by the learned Addl. District Judge, Jhajjar (hereinafter to be referred as the ‘Reference Court’). [3]. Briefly stating, in the present case(s), total land measuring 67 Kanals 10 Marlas, situated within the revenue estates of village Dadanpur, Tehsil and District Jhajjar was a