IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 1946 of 2002 Baljit Singh and others .. Appellants Vs. Union of India .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Narinder Lucky, Advocate for Mr. D. S. Raghu, Advocate for the appellants. Rajesh Bindal J. The land owners are in appeal against the award of the learned court below seeking enhancement of compensation for the trees existing on the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 10.12.1991, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (for short, `the Act'), Union Territory, Chandigarh acquired the land in question within the revenue estate of village Jhumru. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the compensation for super-structures and trees existing on the acquired land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owner filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below granted 62% increase on the value of the trees, as was assessed by the Collector. A perusal of the impugned award shows that the value of fruit bearing trees standing on the acquired land was assessed as per Dr. Nijjar's formula. The assessment in terms of that formula was as in the year 1985. The acquisition in the present case was carried out in the year 1991. The price index in the year 1985 was 127.2, which increased to 201.4 in the year 1991. Considering the aforesaid increase in the price index, in terms of the law laid down by this Court, the learned court below granted increase @ 62% on the value so assessed as per Dr. Nijjar's formula, which cannot be faulted with. Accordingly, the present appeal is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge March 26,2009 mk