R.F.A. No. 1877 of 1989 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (1) R.F.A. No. 1877 of 1989 Date of decision: 5.9.2008 The State of Punjab and another .. Appellants v. Dhano alias Balli .. Respondents (2) R.F.A. No. 1878 of 1989 The State of Punjab and another .. Appellants v. Matthu and another .. Respondents (3) R.F.A. No. 1879 of 1989 The State of Punjab and another .. Appellants v. Ram Dass deceased through his L.Rs. .. Respondents (4) R.F.A. No. 1880 of 1989 The State of Punjab and another .. Appellants v. Ram Partap deceased through his L.Rs. .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Manohar Lall, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the appellants. Ms. Monika Jalota, Advocate for the respondents. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of four Regular First Appeal Nos. 1877, 1878, 1879 and 1880 of 1989 as the same are arising out of common award dated 9.5.1989, passed by the learned District Judge, Patiala. The appellants have filed these appeals for reduction in the compensation. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 23.2.1981, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), the State Government acquired 34.14 acres of land situated in the revenue estate of Village Passiana, Tehsil and District Patiala, for construction of Patiala bye-pass. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 22.9.1986, determined the market R.F.A. No. 1877 of 1989 [2] value of the land @ Rs. 50,000/- per acre. The learned District Judge, on reference under Section 18 of the Act, determined the compensation @ Rs. 80,000/- per acre for the acquired land. The issue regarding determination of fair value of the land under acquisition came up for consideration in an appeal filed by the land owners before this Court in L.P.A. No. 182 of 1992-- Sewa Singh and another v. State of Punjab and another, decided on 20.8.1999, whereby the market value of the land has been assessed @ Rs. 1,05,000/- per acre. Once in Sewa Singh's case (supra), the compensation, as awarded by the learned Court below, has further been enhanced by this Court, the present appeals filed by the appellants praying for reduction in the compensation do not survive. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in Sewa Singh's case (supra), the present appeals are dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 5.9.2008 mk