RFA No. 147 of 1990 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 147 of 1990 (O&M) Date of decision : 23.12.2011 Mohinder Singh (deceased) through LRs ... Appellant vs State of Punjab .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Arun Bansal, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Ashok Aggarwal, Advocate General, Punjab with Mr. Alok Jain, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 147, 274, 560, 562 to 564 and 2151 of 1990, as common questions of law and facts are involved in these appeals. The landowners have filed appeals seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing appeals the State of Punjab is seeking reduction thereof. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 17.10.1985, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Punjab sought to acquire land situated within the revenue estate of village Chalheri, Tehsil Rajpura, District Patiala, for construction Satluj Yamuna Link Canal. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') vide his award dated 15.12.1986, assessed the market value @ ` 10,000/- per bigha for chahi and ` 15,000/- per acre for rausli kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value @ ` 18,600/- per bigha for chahi and ` 9,300/- per bigha for rausli kind of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals by both the parties. RFA No. 147 of 1990 (2) Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that while deciding the land references, the learned court below had granted compensation to the landowners placing reliance upon judgment of this court in RFA No. 1406 of 1987- Amar Singh and another vs State of Punjab and others, decided on 31.8.1988, pertaining to the acquisition of land for which notification under Section 4 of the Act was issued on 28.2.1983. Notification under Section 4 of the Act in the present case was issued on 17.10.1985. The land acquired in both the notifications is pertaining to the same village. For the time gap in two acquisitions, the learned Court below had even granted increase to the landowners. It was further submitted that judgment of learned Single Judge in Amar Singh's case (supra), was the subject matter of appeal in LPA No. 1822 of 1989 Subhash Chand and another vs State of Punjab and another, decided on 4.11.1997, whereby the amount of compensation pertaining to the land fall within 100 karams on either side of the G. T. Road was increased to ` 1,05,000/- per acre, whereas the award pertaining to the other categories of land was upheld. For the detailed reasons given in the aforesaid judgments of this court, the landowners whose land fall within 100 karams on either side of the G. T. Road are entitled to increase for the time gap in the acquisitions taking the basic value as ` 1,05,000/- per acre with statutory benefits, as assessed by the LPA Bench of this court. The award pertaining to other categories of the land is upheld. The appeals stand disposed of. 23.12.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge