In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R.F.A. No. 1284 of 1981 (O&M) Date of decision : 24.9.2008 Ch. Manmohan Singh Liberhan and others ....Appellants vs. State of Haryana ...Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Hemant Bassi, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Deepak Girotra, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This appeal has been filed by the landowners for further enhancement of compensation awarded by the learned court below. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 22.5.1978, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired land situated within the revenue estate of Village Pati Mehar, Tehsil and District Ambala, for construction of a railway bridge in replacement of existing railway level crossing at Ambala City. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 26.10.1978 assessed the market value of the land in Block-A at Rs. 28,640/- per acre and Rs. 27,200/- per acre for the land in Block-B. Dissatisfied with the award of the Land Acquisition Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 30.5.1981, determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 40/- per square yard. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the claim made by the appellants in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R.F.A. No. 985 of 1981 – Pala Singh and others vs State of Haryana, decided on 18.5.1982, whereby the compensation was enhanced. Learned Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, did not dispute this fact. Accordingly, the appeal is allowed in terms of judgment of this court in Pala Singh's case (supra). The appellants shall also be entitled to statutory benefits under the Act. 24.9.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge