RFA No.77 of 1991 1 In the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh. RFA No.77 of 1991 Decided on February 19,2009. Punjab State and another --Appellants vs. Harbhajan Singh and others -- Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr.N.S.Pawar,Addl.A.G.Punjab,for the appellants. None for the respondents. Rakesh Kumar Jain,J: (Oral) Vide notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short,'the Act'), dated 22.2.1985, published in the Punjab government Gazette, with a follow up notification of declaration issued under Section 6 of the same date, published in the Punjab Government Gazette dated 13.3.1985, land measuring 2.78 acres situated in village Hussainpur was acquired for the construction of S.Y..L. Canal The Land Acquisition Collector, (for short, 'the Collector'), RFA No.77 of 1991 2 vide his award No.146/R-SYL dated 21.7.1986 determined the compensation @ Rs.30,000/- per acre for Barani land and Rs. 20,000/- per acre for Gair Mumkin land. Dis-satisfied with the award of the Collector, landowners filed objections under Section 18 of the Act, which were sent by the Collector to the Civil Court for adjudication. In claim petitions, the landowners claimed that the value of the acquired land was not less than Rs. 1,50,000/- per acre at the time of its acquisition. The land in question is situated adjacent to the abadi of village Nanakpura and also Ropar City. It has got potential value for residential and commercial purposes . The claim was contested by the State and alleged that just and adequate compensation has already been awarded by the Collector. The claimants examined PW-1 Makhan Singh (one of the claimants) and tendered in evidenced copies of sale deeds Ex.P-1 to Ex.P-3. The respondent-State,did not lead any evidence and closed their evidence by making a statement. The learned Reference Court relied upon sale deed Ex.P-3 pertaining to the land of village Hussainpur itself and awarded compensation of the acquired land @ Rs.1,50,000/- per acre for Chahi, Rs.1,00,000/- per acre for Barani and Rs.50,000/- per acre for Gair Mumkin land. Learned State Counsel contended that the award of the learned Refefence Court is illegal because the land in question is not situated adjacent to abadi. RFA No.77 of 1991 3 After hearing learned counsel for the appellant-State and having perused the record, I am of the view that there is no cogent reason for interfering with the findings recorded by the learned Reference Court because the Court has relied upon the sale deed Ex.P-3 which admittedly pertains to village Hussainpur itself. In view of the above discussion, I do not find any merit in this appeal and the same is hereby dismissed with no order as to costs. February 19,2009 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) RR Judge