IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1360 of 1986 Date of decision: 12.1.2011 Rajinder Singh and others …..Petitioners versus The State of Punjab and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: None for the petitioners Mr.Ajaib Singh Tung, Advocate for the respondent Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) This order will dispose of two writ petitions bearing CWP Nos.1360 and 1361 of 1986, involving similar questions of law and facts. For the purpose of dictating order, facts are being mentioned from CWP No.1360 of 1986. This writ petition has been filed with a prayer to modify award dated 6.11.1985 (P1) by enhancing compensation awarded to the petitioners for their land, which was acquired by issuing a notification on 8.6.1973 under Section 36 of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 (in short, the Act), which was followed by a notification under Section 42 of the Act on 26.7.1974. At the time of arguments, counsel for the respondent has brought it to our notice that a similar case came up for consideration before this Court (CWP No.32 of 1986, titled as Waryam Singh and others v. Civil Writ Petition No.1360 of 1986 President, Land Acquisition Tribunal etc.), which was allowed by a Division Bench on 27.4.2009. The compensation was fixed at a flat rate of ` 32/- per square yard for the land beyond 50 Karams from Pakhowal road. The owners were held entitled to get other statutory benefits also. We feel that this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment, mentioned above and is accordingly disposed of in the same terms as in CWP No.32 of 1986. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 12.01.2011 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) gk Judge 2