In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R.F.A. No. 2623 of 1993 (O&M) Bhinder Singh and others ....Appellants vs. The State of Punjab ...Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. H. K. Barinda, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. 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 are that vide notification dated 19.11.1980 issued under Section 4 of the Act, the State of Punjab acquired land measuring 302.84 acres situated within the revenue estate of Village Mataur, Tehsil Kharar, District Ropar, for setting up of an Urban Estate. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 12.7.1984 assessed the market value of the land @ ` 22,000/- per acre for banjar/rasta and ` 10,000/- per acre for chhappar. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below on the basis of Division Bench judgment of this court in LPA No. 679 of 1989 Harchal Singh vs The State of Punjab, decided on 10.9.1990 (Ex. P-1), determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,75,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. A perusal of the award shows that the court below has determined the market value of the acquired land on the basis of earlier judgment of this court. As the compensation for acquisition of land was assessed by the learned court below on the basis of judgment of this court in Harchal Singh's case (supra), no case for further enhancement is made out. Accordingly, the present appeal is dismissed. 26.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge