In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 1842 of 1991 (O&M) Kirpal Singh and others ..... Appellants vs The State of Haryana ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Sanjiv Sharma, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 22.6.1973 issued under Section 4 of the Act, the State of Haryana acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Budhanpur, Tehsil Kalka, District Ambala, for development and utilisation thereof as residential, commercial and industrial area in the urban Estate Panchkula. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 6.8.1976 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 13,200/- per acre for chahi, including gair mumkin makan, pumping set, tubewell and garha khad, ` 12,000/- per acre for abi, ` 1,440/- per acre for gair mumkin choe, kool, haddarori, rasta. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below while relying upon judgment of this court in RFA No. 121 of 1979 Norata Singh vs the State of Haryana, decided on 19.7.1979, determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 23,750/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Since the court below had determined the market value of the acquired land on the basis of judgment of this court in Norata Singh's case (supra), no case for interference is made out. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the aforesaid judgment, the present appeal is dismissed. 31.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge