In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 1920 of 1992 (O&M) The State of Punjab ... Appellant vs Ajaib Singh and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The State of Punjab is in appeal before this Court against the award passed by learned court below seeking reduction in the amount of compensation awarded to the respondents on account of acquisition of land. Briefly, the facts are that State of Punjab vide notification dated 28.11.1985 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') acquired land situated within the revenue estate of village Ajit Gill, District Faridkot. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the market value of the land @ ` 12,000/- per acre. The respondents filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, determined the market value of the land @ ` 65,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned State counsel could not dispute the fact that the learned court below had determined the market value of the land on the basis of sale-deed, Ex. A1, vide which the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation had purchased the land which is adjacent to the acquired land. Moreover, the claim in the present appeal is regarding meager amount of ` 16444.10 paise. Keeping in view that the claim of the appellant in the present appeal is quite marginal and the acquisition having taken place around 25 years back, I do not find any reason to interfere at this stage. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. 27.7.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge