IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 29.1.2010 R. F. A. No. 502 of 2004 (O&M) Jaswant Singh and others .. Appellants vs Union of India .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. D. S. Raghu, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Deepak Sharma, Advocate for the respondent. .. Rajesh Bindal J. The appellants are in appeal seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that Chandigarh Administration vide notification dated 20.8.1998 and 15.12.1998, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), acquired land forming part of the revenue estate of village Nizampur Kumbra for development of third phase of Chandigarh. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land. The land owners feeling dissatisfied with the quantum of compensation awarded by the Collector, filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land in the village at Rs. 13,44,000/- per acre. However, for Khadans, the amount was assessed at Rs. 5,59,992/- per acre. Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that the issue involved in the present appeal is covered by judgement of this Court in R.F.A.No. 3921 of 2007 –Arunash Chander Kaushik and others v. Union Territory, Chandigarh, decided on 10.2.2009, whereby the amount of compensation was further enhanced. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in Arunash Chander Kaushik's case (supra), the appeal is disposed of in the said terms. 29.1.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) mk Judge