RFA No. 2450 of 1993 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2450 of 1993 (O&M) Date of decision : 8.9.2010 Jit Singh (deceased) through LRs and another ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and another .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Vishal Goel, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 2450, 2451, 2529, 2530 and 2531 of 1993 as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners have filed appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. The facts have been extracted from RFA No. 2450 of 1993. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 5.4.1988 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”), the State of Punjab acquired land situated within the revenue estate of village Bhajauli, Hadbast No. 92, Tehsil Kharar, District Ropar for construction of Mandouli Middle Distributory. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') vide award dated 29.8.1989 assessed the compensation for the acquired land @ ` 65,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 52,000/- per acre for barani and ` 37,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kinds of land. Aggrieved against the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections under Section 18 of the Act. On reference, the learned court below, on the basis of agreement dated 27.6.1986 between the Chief Minister, Punjab and the landowners, determined the market value of the acquired land, which is of barani kind, @ ` 80,000/- per acre. It is this award of the learned Reference Court which is impugned in the present appeals. It is admitted case of the parties that as per the settlement arrived at between the landowners and the then Chief Minister of State of Punjab, the market value of the chahi kind of land was determined at ` 1,00,000/- per acre. This court in number of judgments where the land was acquired for SYL Canal, the value of RFA No. 2450 of 1993 -2- barani kind of land was assessed @ 75,000/-. Even though the court below assessed the value of the barani kind of land in the present case @ ` 80,000/- per acre, which cannot be said to be on lower side. In view of the above, the appeals are dismissed. 8.9.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge