IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.3986 of 1992 Date of Decision : 21.11.2008 State of Punjab ....Appellant VERSUS Man Singh ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present:- Mr. N. S. Pawar, Addl. A. G., Punjab for the appellant. None for the respondent. RAKESH KUMAR JAIN J. This order shall dispose of 5 cases i.e. RFA Nos.3986, 3987, 3988, 1009 & 1010 of 1992 as common questions of law and facts are involved in there appeals. The land situated in the revenue limits of village Sohana, H.B.35, Tehsil Kharar, District Ropar was notified under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short 'the Act') dated 19.11.1980 for establishment of residential-cum-commercial Urban Estate for Mohali. The Land Acquisition Collector, vide his award dated 12.07.1984 determined compensation for Chuna Bhatti/Rasta/Banjar Qadim @ Rs.22,000/- per acre, for Khatans 2 to 3 @ Rs.21,000/- per acre and for Khatans 6 to 7 @ Rs.14,000/- per acre. The land owners were not satisfied and filed objection claiming compensation @ Rs.5 lacs per acre. The learned reference court RFA No.3986 of 1992 -2- vide his award dated 15.10.1991, reassessed the market value @ Rs.1,75,000/- per acre for the acquired land on the basis of a decision of the High Court (Ex.P-1) in which all acquired land other than the land coming under pond, or in khatans in villages Kambala, Mataur, and Sohana was fixed @ Rs.1,75,000/- per acre. Learned counsel for the appellant could not find any fault with the reasons adopted by the Courts below as the compensation was assessed by the learned reference court on a previous decision of this Court (Ex.P-1). Thus, I find no error and illegality in the order passed by the learned Reference Court. No one has put in appearance on behalf of the claimants. In view of the above, I do not find any merit in the appeal either filed by the State of Punjab or by the claimants. Thus all the appeals are hereby dismissed with no order as to costs. November 21, 2008 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) ashish JUDGE