In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 4607 of 2010 (O&M) The State of Haryana and another ..... Appellants vs Raghunath Dhamija ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The State of Haryana is 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 reduction of compensation for the acquired land. Along with the appeal, an application for condonation of 286 days delay in filing the appeal has also been filed. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 3.7.1995 issued under Section 4 of the Act, the State of Haryana, acquired land situated in Village Ajronda Tehsil and District Faridabad, for development and utilisation thereof as residential, institutional and commercial in Sector 20-A, Faridabad. The Collector vide his award dated 29.6.1998 determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 5,85,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections under Section 18 of the Act, which were referred to the learned court. The learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 400/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the appellant very fairly conceded that the issue raised in the present appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 2392 of 1997- Mukhtiar Singh and others vs State of Haryana. , decided on 6.10.2010 whereby the compensation for the acquisition in question was further enhanced. Since this court had further enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners, the claim of the State for reduction does not survive. As there is no merit in the appeal filed by the State, the application for condonation of delay as well as the main appeal are dismissed. 25.10.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge