R.F.A. No. 1331 of 1993 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 21.11.2008 (1) R.F.A. No.1331 of 1993 State of Haryana ...Appellant vs. Kanshi Ram and others ...Respondents (2) R.F.A. No.1330 of 1993 State of Haryana ...Appellant vs. Jarnaili and others ...Respondents (3) R.F.A. No.1332 of 1993 State of Haryana ...Appellant vs. Harphul and others ...Respondents (4) R.F.A. No.1354 of 1993 State of Haryana ...Appellant vs. Girdhala and others ...Respondents (5) R.F.A. No.1355 of 1993 State of Haryana ...Appellant vs. Bhag Chand and another ...Respondents R.F.A. No. 1331 of 1993 [2] (6) R.F.A. No.1356 of 1993 State of Haryana ...Appellant vs. Man Singh and others ...Respondents (7) R.F.A. No.1357 of 1993 State of Haryana ...Appellant vs. Kewla and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Additional Advocate General, Haryana for the appellant. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of a bunch of 7 appeals, as the same arise out of a common award of the learned court below. The facts have been noticed from R.F.A. No.1331 of 1993. The State is in appeal before this Court against the award of the learned Court below seeking reduction of compensation awarded to the land owners. Briefly, the facts are that the land in question, situated within the revenue estate of village Khardwal, Tehsil Narwana, District Jind was acquired vide notification dated 27.9.1979, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for construction of road from village Khardwal to So-main. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') vide his award dated 10.9.1986 determined the market value of the acquired land @ Rs. 5,120/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award, the land owner filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who considering the material placed on record by the parties, determined the market value of the acquired land @ Rs. 6,500/- per acre. R.F.A. No. 1331 of 1993 [3] Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the award of the learned court below deserves to be set aside and that of the Collector should be restored, as the evidence on record did not justify the increase, as has been made by the learned court below. Having heard learned counsel for the State, I do not find any merit in the submissions made. The acquisition in the present case was made vide notification dated 27.9.1979. The Collector assessed the value of the acquired land at Rs. 5,120/- per acre, which was enhanced to Rs. 6,500/- per acre by the learned court below, which is not on the higher side. Still further, after 30 years of acquisition and meager increase granted by the learned court below, I do not find any reason to interfere in the impugned award at this stage. Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 21.11.2008 mk