In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 1792 of 2007 (O&M) Narinder Singh and another ..... Appellants vs The State of Punjab and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Pritam Saini, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Sukhbir Singh, Advocate, for the respondents. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that Punjab State Electricity Board vide notification dated 5.4.1990 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired land measuring 1593 kanals 8 marlas within the revenue estates of Village Chakdhera, , Tehsil and District Ropar, for Ash Dykes for stage III, Ropar Thermal Project, Ropar. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”) assessed the market value of the land @ Rs. 1,06,960/- per acre for chahi, Rs. 1,00,800/- per acre for barani and salab, Rs. 90,080/- per acre for banjar, Rs. 56,000/- per acre for gair mumkin and Rs. 1,28,000/- per acre for gair mumkin abadi kind of land. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 16.1.1998, assessed the value of the land @ Rs. 3,40,000/- per acre. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the claim made in the present appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in R. F. A. No. 2748 of 1998 Surjit Singh and others vs Punjab State and others decided on 26.4.2006, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners was enhanced to Rs. 5,80,000/- per acre. Learned counsel for the respondents does not dispute this factual position. For the reasons recorded in Surjit Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is allowed in the same terms. 28.1.2009 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge