RFA No.2075 of 1990 - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** RFA No.2075 of 1990 Date of decision: 20.11.2008 **** State of Punjab and another . . . . Appellant(s) Versus Amar Kaur and others . . . . Respondent(s) **** CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN **** Present: Mr.N.S. Pawar, Addl.A.G. Punjab. for the appellant(s). None for the respondent(s). **** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J This order shall dispose of 8 appeals, namely RFA Nos. 2075 to 2082 of 1990, filed by both State of Punjab as well as the landowners, as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. Land of village Baronga Zer was acquired with the issuance of Notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short ‘the Act’) dated 20.8.1982, at public expense, namely, for the public purpose, for construction of Sirhind Choo from R.S. No.419130 to R.D. No.518952, the land Acquisition Collector vide his award No.243/P dated 23.9.1986 assessed the compensation @ Rs.20,000/- per acre each for Chahi and Nehri land. Dis-contended with the award of the Land Acquisition Collector, landowners filed objections under Section 18 of the Act RFA No.2075 of 1990 - 2 - and in the claim-petition, they prayed for an award of Rs.1,50,000/- per acre for their acquired land. In reply, however, the State of Punjab and the drainage department averred that market value of the acquired land has been adequately determined. The learned District Judge, Patiala vide the impugned award, enhanced the compensation from Rs.20,000/- to Rs.28,520/-. Learned counsel for the State of Punjab, Mr.N.S. Pawar, has vehemently contended that sale instance Exs.R2 to R4 have not been duly appreciated by the reference Court. However, the value arising out of Sale Deeds Ex.R2 to R4 is less than the award of the Collector; therefore, in view of Section 25 of the Act the sale deeds Exs.R2 to R4 have been rightly ignored. The other contention of the State counsel is that the land of village Badali and Naraingarh are distantly located. This argument too is of no avail because as per evidence on record, I have found that both villages are adjoining to each other. Thus, in my view, no error has been committed by the reference Court in awarding a sum of Rs.28,520/- for all kinds of land, besides awarding other statutory benefits in terms of the amended Act. Thus, all appeals are hereby dismissed with no order as to costs. (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) 20.11.2008 JUDGE vivek