R.F.A. No. 3393 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 3393 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 7.12.2011 Vijay Singh and others .. Appellants. Vs. State of Haryana and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Akshay Jain, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Amandeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. ... Rajesh Bindal J. The land owners are in appeal seeking further enhancement of compensation awarded by the learned court below for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 25.2.2005, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), State of Haryana sought to acquire 12.59 acres of land, situated in village Baruwali-II, Tehsil and District Sirsa, for construction of extension of Direct Minor from RD 27000-99000. The same was followed by notification dated 3.2.2006, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') awarded compensation @ ` 5,00,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 7,78,500/- per acre. Learned counsel for the land owners submitted that the issue raised in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this R.F.A. No. 3393 of 2011 [2] court in RFA No. 641 of 2011-- Vijay Singh and others v. State of Haryana and another, decided on 9.9.2011, whereby compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land was further enhanced to ` 8,00,000/- per acre. Learned counsel for the State did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. For the reasons recorded in Vijay Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 7.12.2011 mk