In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 2511 of 1991 (O&M) Date of decision : 19.11.2008 Sohan Singh and others ..... Appellants vs The State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. R. S. Longia, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Naveneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. 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 the State of Haryana vide notification dated 29.10.1986 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired the land situated in revenue estate of Village Derra Kalan, Tehsil Thanesar, District Kurukshetra, for the public purpose namely for land scaping construction of roads, path, parks. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 29.11.1988 assessed the market value of the land at Rs. 1,00,000/- per acre for chahi, Rs. 70,000/- per acre for banjar kadim, and Rs. 60,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 31.7.1991, determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 2,41,800/- per acre i.e. Rs. 49.95 paise per square yard. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the claim made the appellants in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R. F. A. No. 151 of 1992 Sucha Singh vs The State of Haryana etc., decided on 20.3.2008, whereby the compensation for the acquisition of land was enhanced to Rs. 100/- per square yard. Learned counsel appearing for the State does not dispute this factual position. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Sucha Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is allowed in the same terms. 19.11.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge