In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 980 of 1994 (O&M) Pushpinder Singh and another ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 5/6.4.1988 issued under Section 4 of the Act, the State of Punjab acquired the land situated within the revenue estate of Village Mianpur, Tehsil and District Ropar, for construction of Panjoli Right Distributory. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 26.6.1990 assessed the fair value of the land @ ` 65,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 50,000/- per acre for barani and ` 45,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land on the basis of a settlement arrived at between the landowners and the then Chief Minister of Punjab, according to which the value of the acquired land was assessed @ ` 1,00,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 75,000/- per acre for barani, and ` 60,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. A perusal of the award of the court below shows that the market value of the acquired land was assessed as per the settlement arrived at between the landowners and the State of Punjab. Since the court below had assessed the compensation as per settlement arrived at between the landowners and the State of Punjab no case for interference is made out. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. 30.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge