R.F.A.No.1484 of 1991 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A.No.1484 of 1991 Date of Decision:16.09.2009 Gurcharan Singh and another .....Appellants versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. Present: None for the appellants. Mr.O.P.Dabla, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondent. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J.(Oral) The claimants have approached this Court by way of instant regular first appeal, for enhancement of the amount of compensation awarded by the reference court vide award dated 03.05.1991. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that the State of Punjab vide Notification under Section 4 of the Act which was published in Indian Express on 15.10.1985 followed by declaration under Section 6 of the Act acquired the land measuring 19.59 acres, situated in village Simble Jhallian, Tehsil and District Ropar, for the construction of S.Y.L. Canal. The Land Acquisition Collector vide award dated 29.06.1986 awarded a sum of Rs.70,200/- per acre for the Chahi land, Rs.50,000/- per acre for Barani, Rs.45,000/- per acre for Banjar Qadim and Rs.40,000/- per acre for Gair Mumkin land. The claimants feeling aggrieved against the compensation awarded by the Land Acquisition Collector sought a reference under R.F.A.No.1484 of 1991 2 Section 18 of the Act. The reference court determined the market value of the acquired land as under:- Chahi land: Rs.90,000/- per acre Barani land: Rs.70,000/- per acre Banjar Qadim land: Rs.55,000/- per acre Gair Mumkin land: Rs.45,000/- per acre Still feeling dis-satisfied with the aforesaid award of the reference court, the claimants have approached this Court by way of the instant regular first appeal for enhancement of the amount of compensation, as mentioned above. Learned State counsel submitted that the issue regarding the market value of the acquired land under the same Notification in respect of the same acquisition has already been concluded by this Court in RFA No.1005 of 1991 titled as Dalip Singh and others Versus The State of Punjab, decided on 11.02.2009 and also in RFA No.1787 of 1991 titled as Prem Kaur and others Versus The State of Punjab through Land Acquisition Collector, SYL Canal Project, Punjab, Patiala, decided on 18.04.2009. He further states that the present appeal is squarely covered by the aforesaid decisions. In view of the above, the present appeal is also disposed of in terms of RFA No.1005 of 1991 titled as Dalip Singh and others Versus The State of Punjab, decided on 11.02.2009. September 16, 2009 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) seema JUDGE