R. F. A No. 880 of 1994 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 880 of 1994 (O&M) Date of decision : 23.12.2010 Shamsher Singh ... Appellant vs The Special Land Acquisition and others .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Sukhbir Singh, Advocate, for the landowner. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Brijeshwar Singh Kanwar, Advocate, for Union of India. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of Regular First Appeal Nos. 880 and 924 of 1994, arising out of same acquisition. The landowners have approached this court by filing appeal seeking further enhancement of compensation, whereas the Union of India has filed appeal seeking reduction in the compensation. Briefly, the facts are that State of Punjab vide notification dated 11.7.1977 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Kathania, Tehsil and District Amritsar, for public purpose. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 10/- per square yard for the land within lal lakir and ` 5,000/- per acre for the remaining land. The landowners filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, determined the market value of the land at ` 54,450/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals by both the parties. Learned counsel for the parties are ad-idem on the issue that the amount of compensation has been finally determined by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal Nos. 3343-3554/1999 Union of India vs Harinder Pal Singh and others, decided on 26.10.2005, for the land acquired vide same notification @ ` 40,000/- per acre. R. F. A No. 880 of 1994 (2) Considering the fact that the amount of compensation finally determined for the acquired land is ` 40,000/- per acre, the impugned award of the learned court below is modified to the extent that the amount of compensation is determined at ` 40,000/- per acre. However, in case the amount of compensation has already been paid in terms of award of the reference court, considering the fact that acquisition had taken place more than 33 years back, it is directed that balance amount be not recovered from the landowner. The appeals are disposed of in the above terms. 23.12.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge