IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 5536 of 2010 Date of Decision: March 29, 2010 Amritsar Improvement Trust, Amritsar …Petitioner Versus Land Acquisition Tribunal, Amritsar and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. Vishal Gupta, Advocate, for Mr. G.S. attariwala, Advocate, for the petitioner. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. The Amritsar Improvement Trust, Amritsar-petitioner has filed the instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution for quashing award dated 17.3.2009, passed by the Land Acquisition Tribunal, Amritsar Improvement Trust, Amritsar, enhancing the compensation for the acquired land belonging to the private respondents, from Rs. 50/- to Rs. 312.50 paise per marla. The matter is no longer res integra. It is fairly conceded by the learned counsel for the petitioner that a Division Bench of this Court has already upheld the impugned award dated 17.3.2009, vide order dated 22.3.2010, passed in CWP No. 4697 of 2010 (Amritsar Improvement Trust, Amritsar v. Land Acquisition Tribunal, Amritsar and others) and other 18 CWP No. 5536 of 2010 petitions, which were filed by the petitioner Improvement Trust, Amritsar. The Division Bench has observed as under:- “ After going through the award passed by the Tribunal, we find that the land, which was subject matter of the sale deed Ex.A22/1, was very much near to the acquired land i.e. 14 kanals, which was sold by one Bhagwan Singh to the Amritsar Co-operative Marketing Society Limited, Amritsar for a consideration of Rs.87,500/-. Therefore, the Tribunal has rightly determined the compensation. Apart from the above, the land acquired was within the Amritsar Municipal area and in fact the compensation awarded could be on the lower side. Moreover, the land located in Sultan Wind Urban area had not been given any enhancement by the Tribunal. In view of the above, we find no ground to interfere with the impugned award of the Tribunal and accordingly, these writ petitions are dismissed.” In view of above, the instant petition is also dismissed in terms of the order dated 22.3.2010 passed by the Division Bench in CWP No. 4697 of 2010. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) March 29, 2010 JUDGE Pkapoor 2