R.F.A. No. 809 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R.F.A. No. 809 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 21.2.2011 Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Daljit Singh and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Hitesh Pandit, Advocate for Mr. Rajesh Garg, Advocate, for the appellant. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 809 to 811 of 2010, as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. The Union Territory, Chandigarh is in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below seeking reduction in the compensation awarded to the landowners for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 20.6.2001, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), Chandigarh Administration sought to acquire land measuring 21 kanals 19 marlas situated within the revenue estates of villages Nizampur Kumbra, Nizampur Burial and Jhumru, for development of third phase of Union Territory, Chandigarh. The same was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act dated 18.10.2001. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') vide award no. 555 dated 10.1.2003 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 8,21,120/- per acre for village Nizampur Kumbra, ` 6,85,000/- per acre for village Nizampur Burial and ` 5,36,427/- per acre for village Jhumru. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 5.2.2009, determined the market value of the acquired land by relying upon its earlier award, Ex.P-12, @ ` 18,61,400/- per acre. It is this award which is challenged in the present set of appeals. R.F.A. No. 809 of 2010 2 Learned counsel for Union Territory, Chandigarh, very fairly submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 2301 of 2009 - Bhupinder Singh and another vs Union Territory, Chandigarh decided on 1.2.2011, the compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land was further enhanced to ` 23,27,800/- per acre. Since this court had further enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land, no case for reduction is made out. Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed. Consequently, the applications for condonation of delay in filing/ refiling the appeals are also dismissed. 21.2.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge