R.F.A. No. 404 of 1987 [ 1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (1) Regular First Appeal No. 404 of 1987 Date of decision: September 12, 2008 The Land Acquisition Collector, Industries Department, Punjab .. Appellant v. Gurdev Singh .. Respondent (2) Regular First Appeal No. 405 of 1987 The State of Punjab .. Appellant v. Smt. Sarjo and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Manohar Lall, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the appellant. Mr. Pritam Saini, Advocate for the respondents. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of R.F.A. Nos. 404 and 405 of 1987, as the same arise out of one acquisition. The facts have been taken from R.F.A. No. 404 of 1987. The appellant is in appeal before this Court against the award of the learned Court below for reduction in the amount of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that the land of the landowners was acquired for the purpose of expansion of Industrial Focal Point, Mohali (SAS Nagar) vide notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'). The award was passed by the Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') on 22.12.1983 assessing the value of the land at Rs. 55,000/- per acre. Aggrieved against the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections which were referred to the Court below for determination. Considering R.F.A. No. 404 of 1987 [ 2] the evidence led by the parties on record, the learned Court below assessed the compensation of the value of the land at Rs. 85,000/- per acre. Learned counsel for the land owners submitted that in view of the judgment of this Court in Harchal Singh v. The State of Punjab, 1991 PLJ 20, where this Court had awarded compensation @ Rs. 1,75,000/- for the same acquisition as in the present case, the appeal deserves to be dismissed. Learned State counsel does not dispute the fact stated by learned counsel for the land owners. In view of the judgment of this Court in Harchal Singh's case (supra), the appeals are dismissed. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 12.9.2008 mk