In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 1192 of 1997 (O&M) Land Acquisition Collector and another ..... Appellants vs Shiv Ram and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Senior 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 vide notification issued under Section 4 of the Act, land measuring 23 acres, 3 kanals and 7 marlas, situated in the revenue limits of Village Malikpur, Tehsil and District Ropar, was acquired for the construction of Railway Diversion, Railway Bridge and other connected works for Ropar Hydel Power House. The Land Acquisition Collector vide award dated 10.4.1992, assessed the market value of different kinds of land at different rates. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned Additional District Judge vide judgment dated 8.2.1997, determined the compensation @ ` 1,25,000/- per acre for chahi and nehri, ` 1,00,000/- per acre for barani and ` 80,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the appellants very fairly conceded that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R.F.A. No. 16 of 1996 – Mohinder Singh and another vs State of Punjab and another, decided on 19.12.2007, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners was further enhanced to ` 5,80,000/- per acre. Accordingly, the claim made in the appeal does not survive. For the detailed reasons recorded in Mohinder Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is dismissed. 26.7.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge