R. F. A No. 1470 of 1994 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 1470 of 1994 and Cross-objection no. 68/CI of 1994 (O&M) Date of decision : 16.3.2011 State of Punjab ..... Appellant vs Karam Singh and others .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Ashok Giri, Advocate, for the landowners/cross-objectors. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 1470 of 1994, 437, 460, 461 of 1995, 154 of 1998 and Cross-objection No. 68/CI of 1994, as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. The State of Punjab has filed appeals seeking reduction of compensation awarded to the landowners for the acquired land, whereas by filing appeals and cross-objections, the landowners are seeking enhancement thereof. Briefly the facts are that vide notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), dated 20.5.1988, Punjab Government acquired land situated within the revenue estates of villages Ahmadpur, Blawalpur, Chandpur and Malikpur, District Ropar, for construction of Sutlej Yamuna Link Power House No. 1. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') determined the compensation for the acquired land as under :- Chahi/ nehri land ` 95,500/- per acre Barani land ` 90,000/- per acre Banjar land ` 84,000/- per acre Gair Mumkin land ` 50,000/- per acre Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned Court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 3,40,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned by both the parties before this court. R. F. A No. 1470 of 1994 2 Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issue involved in the present case is squarely covered by judgment of this court in R.F.A. No. 3673 of 1993 – The State of Punjab and another vs Harnam Singh (deceased) through LRs., decided on 26.4.2006, whereby the compensation payable for the acquired land was further enhanced to ` 5,30,000/- per acre. The appeal filed by the Punjab State Electricity Board bearing SLP (C) No. 1741 of 2007 against the judgment of this court was dismissed by Hon'ble the Supreme Court on 17.2.2011. Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. Accordingly, for the detailed reasons recorded in the aforesaid judgments, the appeal filed by the State are dismissed and the appeals and cross-objections filed by the landowners are disposed of in the same terms. 16.3.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge