RFA No. 4109 of 2003 (1) IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 4109 of 2003 (O&M) Date of decision : 21.3.2011 Punjab State ...Appellant vs Sukhdev Singh ..Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. K. D. S. Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Naresh Kaushal, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Ankit Goel, Advocate for Mr. Govind Goel, Advocate, for PUDA in RFA No. 690 of 2005. Rajesh Bindal, J. This order will dispose of RFA Nos. 4109 of 2003, 690 of 2005 and 1191 of 2005, as same questions of law and facts are involved therein. The State of Punjab and Punjab Urban Development Authority have filed appeals seeking reduction of compensation awarded to the landowners for the acquired land whereas by filing appeal, the landowners are seeking further enhancement thereof. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 20.7.1993, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Punjab sought to acquire land in village Mauli Baidwan, Tehsil Kharar, District Ropar (Now District Mohali), for setting up residential urban estate in the area of Tehsil Kharar, District Rup Nagar. Vide award No. 452 dated 3.8.1995 the Land Acquisition Collector (for short, the Collector”) assessed the compensation for the acquired land @ ` 1,75,000/- per acre. 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 of the acquired land @ ` 4,86,000/- per acre in RFA No. 4109 of 2003 and @ ` 5,60,000/- per acre in RFA No. 690 and 1191 of 2005. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals by the parties. RFA No. 4109 of 2003 (2) Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issue involved in the present set of appeals is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 955 of 2002- Sukhdev Singh vs Punjab State decided on 3.8.2010, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land vide same notification was further enhanced to ` 8,42,400/- per acre. Learned counsels for the State of Punjab and Punjab Urban Development Authority did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. Since this court had further enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land, the appeals filed by the State of Punjab and Punjab Urban Development Authority seeking reduction of compensation do not survive. Accordingly, for the reasons mentioned in Sukhdev Singh's case (supra), the same are dismissed and the appeal filed by the landowners is disposed of in the same terms. 21.3.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs Judge