IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 2227 of 1986 (O&M) Date of decision: September 08,2008 Bhan Singh .. Appellants v. State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Manohar Lall, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent. Rajesh Bindal J. The appellant is in appeal before this Court against award dated 15.3.1986 passed by learned Additional District Judge, Patiala, whereby the learned Court below awarded Rs. 1,50,000/- per acre as compensation for the acquired land. Prayer in the appeal is for enhancement of the compensation. Briefly, the facts are that land measuring 220.30 acres situated in Village Alipur Aryan was acquired vide notification dated 24.3.1981 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for setting up of Diesel Locomotive Components Workshop. It was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act on 18.5.1981. The Land Acquisition Collector gave award of Rs. 48,000/- per acre for the land falling on western side of the Railway Line and Rs. 80,000/- per acre for the land falling on eastern side of the Railway Line. Aggrieved against the same, the land owner filed objections which were referred to the learned Additional District Judge, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, awarded Rs. 1,50,000/- per acre as compensation for the acquired land. The issue regarding determination of compensation on account of acquisition of land vide same notification for the purpose of setting up of Diesel Locomotive Components Workshop came up for consideration before this Court in R.F.A. No. 741 of 1985 -Gulzar Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others, decided on 30.4.1987. For the detailed reasons recorded in Gulzar Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is also disposed of in terms of the judgment in the aforesaid case. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge September 08 , 2008 mk