IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 2467 of 2003 (O&M) Vinod Kumar Puri and others ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. G. S. Nagra, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJESH BINDAL, J The landowners have filed the present appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly the facts are that vide notification dated 1.2.1993 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') the State of Punjab acquired land situated in the revenue estate of village Haroor, Tehsil Pathankot, District Gurdaspur for construction of Shahpur Kandi Hydel Channel including Power House. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') awarded compensation @ ` 32,000/- per acre for Bagicha Barani-I, ` 30,000/- per acre for Barani-I/Bagachia Barani Dome, ` 28,000/- per acre for Barani Dome, and ` 10,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kinds of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference the learned court below upheld the award of the Collector and rejected the claim of the appellants. Aggrieved against the award of learned Court below, the landowners are before this Court. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the issues raised in the present appeal are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 4525 of 2001 – Thuru Ram vs State of Punjab and others, decided on 16.3.2009, wherein this court determined the market value of the land acquired vide same notification @ ` 1,754/- per marla. Learned State counsel did not dispute this factual position. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Thuru Ram's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 5.10.2010. (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge