RFA No. 685 of 1994 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 30.8.2010 1. RFA No. 685 of 1994 (O&M) Land Acquisition Collector and another ..... Appellants vs Karamjit Singh and others ..... Respondents 2. RFA No. 686 of 1994 (O&M) Land Acquisition Collector and another ..... Appellants vs Om Parkash and others ..... Respondents 3. RFA No. 687 of 1994 (O&M) Land Acquisition Collector and another ..... Appellants vs Piara Singh ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. J. P. S. Sandhu, Advocate, for the appellants. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of the aforesaid appeals as the same arise out of common acquisition. The Land Acquisition Collector, Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala has filed the present set of appeals seeking reduction of compensation for the acquired land. The facts have been extracted from RFA No. 685 of 1994. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 9.3.1990 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Punjab acquired small piece of land of the respondents situated within the revenue estate of village Kotla Nihang, Tehsil and District Ropar, for installation of towers. The Land Acquisition Collector vide award dated 10.1.1992 assessed the market value @ ` 67,945/- per acre for chahi and ` 64,246/- per acre for barani kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below, while relying upon its earlier award dated 26.5.1990, Ex. A-9, assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 5,00,000/- per acre for chahi and ` 4,75,000/- per acre for barani kind of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals. RFA No. 685 of 1994 (2) A perusal of the impugned award shows that the court below while assessing the compensation for the acquired land had relied upon its earlier award dated 26.5.1990, Ex. A-9, vide which the market value of the land acquired vide notification dated 3.10.1986 was assessed at ` 4,84,000/- per acre. The acquisition in the present case was carried out for a small piece of land vide notification dated 9.3.1990. On the asking of the court as to whether the earlier award dated 26.5.1990, Ex. A-9, was challenged any further, learned counsel for the appellants could not give any answer. As the court below had relied upon earlier award while assessing the compensation, no case for interference is made out at this stage. Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed. 30.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge