IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.2078 of 1991 Date of Decision : 21.11.2008 State of Punjab & another ....Appellants VERSUS Mehar Chand & others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present:- Mr. N. S. Pawar, Addl. A. G., Punjab for the appellants. None for the respondents. RAKESH KUMAR JAIN J. This order shall dispose of 4 cases i.e. RFA Nos.2078, 2079, 2080 and 2081 of 1991 filed by State of Punjab & another against the award passed by the learned District Judge, Ropar dated 19.03.1991 as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. Land situated in village Bara Pind Tehsil and District Ropar was acquired by the State of Punjab, for a public purpose, viz. for the construction of approach bridge to SYL canal and notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short 'the Act') was published in the Government Gazette on 25.07.1986 and a notification of declaration under Section 6 of the Act, was published in the Government Gazette on 05.09.1986. The Land Acquisition Collector, classified the lands into various categories and awarded the compensation as under:- RFA No.2078 of 1991 -2- 1. “Chahi - Rs.60,000/- per acre 2. Gair Mumkin Abadi - Rs.60,000/- per acre 3. Barani Bet - Rs.49,032/- per acre 4. Barani - Rs.49,032/- per acre 5. Barani Ghar - Rs.36,000/- per acre 6. Gair Mumkin - Rs.60,000/- per acre Gada Khad 7. Gair Mumkin - Rs.12,258/- per acre Changar Rasta & Gair Mumkin Choi 8. Gair Mumkin - Rs.60,000/- per acre Panchayat Ghar, Gair Mumkin Hospital, Gair Mumkin Safakhana, Gair Mumkin School.” The land owners filed references under Section 18 of the Act and claimed compensation @ Rs.2 lac per acre. The learned Reference Court relied upon an award Ex.P4 of the same village, in which the land was acquired for the same purpose and compensation was awarded @ Rs.1 lac per acre in respect of their acquired lands. After hearing Sh. N. S. Pawar, learned Addl. A. G., Punjab, I found that the assessment of compensation awarded by the Reference Court is just and reasonable as it is based upon the award of the same village where the land was acquired for the same purpose. Thus, I find no error and illegality in the order of learned Reference Court. Thus, the present appeals are dismissed with no order as to costs. November 21, 2008 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) ashish JUDGE