R.F.A. No. 3691 of 1999 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 22.9.2010 1. RFA No. 3691 of 1999 (O&M) Sunita Kumari and another ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents 2. RFA No. 3735 of 1999 (O&M) State of Punjab and others ..... Appellants vs Sunita Kumari and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. R. S. Manhas, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order will dispose of the aforesaid appeals as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners have filed the present appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas by filing appeal the State of Punjab is seeking reduction of compensation. Briefly the facts are that vide notification dated 1.2.1993 published on 3.2.1993 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 villages Haroor, Barkula and Rajpura, Tehsil Pathankot, District Gurdaspur for construction of Shahpur Kandi Hydel Channel including Power House. The same was followed by notification dated 17.4.1993 issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') awarded compensation @ ` 32,000/- per acre for Bagicha, ` 30,000/- per acre for B-I, ` 28,000/- per acre for B-II, ` 20,000/- per acre for B-III 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 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,000/- per marla. Aggrieved against the award of learned Court below, the landowners as well as the State of Punjab are before this Court. R.F.A. No. 3691 of 1999 (2) Learned counsel for the parties submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals 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 notification dated 1.2.1993 in villages Jugial and Rajpura @ ` 1,754/- per marla. Since this court had enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners, the appeal filed by the State does not survive, accordingly the same is dismissed, whereas the appeal filed by the landowners is disposed of in terms of the aforesaid judgment. 22.9.2010. (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge