In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 6.5.2009 R.F.A. No. 2097 of 1998 (O&M) Bachan Singh .. Appellant v. State of Punjab and another .. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Naresh Kaushal, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Navdeep Sukhna, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for the State. Mr. H.P.S. Ghuman, Advocate for Greater Mohali Area Development Authority. Rajesh Bindal J. The land owner is in appeal against the award of the learned court below seeking further enhancement of compensation for the trees standing on the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Punjab acquired the land along with the structures and trees standing thereon, situated within the revenue estate of village Sohana. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed Rs. 9,548.96 as compensation for the trees standing on the acquired land. As the land owner was dissatisfied, he filed objections, which were referred to the learned Additional District Judge, Rupnagar, for consideration, who keeping in view the material placed before him, upheld the award of the Collector. Learned counsel for the parties are ad idem that the claim made by the appellant in the present case is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in R.F.A. No. 114 of 1996-- Gurpal Singh and another v. The State of Punjab, decided on 7.7.2006, where the issue dealt with was regarding valuation of the trees standing on the land acquired vide same notification. For the detailed reasons recorded in Gurpal Singh's case (supra), the appeal is disposed of in the same terms. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 6.5.2009 mk