RFA No. 715 of 1993 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 715 of 1993 (O&M) Date of decision : 23.8.2010 The State of Punjab ..... Appellant vs Gurdev Kaur (deceased) through LRs ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The State of Punjab 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 in compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Punjab vide notification under Section 4 of the Act, which was published in the Newspaper on 15.10.1985, acquired the land situated within the revenue estate of Village Simbal Jhallian, District Ropar, for construction of Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award No. 116/R-SYL dated 29.6.1986 assessed the fair value of the land at the following rates:- Sr. No. Kind of Land Compensation per acre 1 Chahi ` 70,200/- 2 Barani ` 50,000/- 3 Banjar Qadim ` 45,000/- 4 Gair Mumkin ` 40,000/- Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below while relying upon its earlier award dated 9.1.1991, Ex. P1, RFA No. 715 of 1993 (2) determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 90,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 70,000/- per acre for barani, ` 55,000/- per acre for banjar qadim, and ` 45,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kinds of land. It is this award which is challenged in the present appeal. A perusal of the award of the learned court below shows that the compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land was assessed on the basis of its earlier award dated 9.1.1991, Ex. P-1, vide which the value of the land acquired vide notification of the same date and for the same purpose was assessed. The award of the court below was challenged before this court by the landowners as well as the State of Punjab by filing appeals. This court while deciding the bunch of appeals vide a common judgment dated 11.2.2009 passed in RFA No. 1005 of 1991 Dalip Singh and others vs The State of Punjab enhanced the compensation of chahi kind of land to ` 1,00,000/- per acre as per settlement with the Chief Minister of Punjab and the landowners and for the other kinds of land the award of the court below was upheld. Since this court has enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners for the chahi kind of land and for the other kinds of land the award of the court below was upheld, no case for reduction is made out. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. 23.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge