In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2985 of 1994 (O&M) Jagdish Chand ..... Appellant vs Punjab State and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Ms. Sukhpreet Kaur, Advocate for Mr. A. S. Kalra, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner is 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 further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 29.3.1988 issued under Section 4 of the Act, State of Punjab acquired land situated within the revenue estate of Village Bakarpur, Hadbast No. 264, Tehsil Kharar, District Ropar, for construction of lower Branch Canal. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 5.7.1990 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 50,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 40,000/- per acre for barani and ` 30,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below while relying upon earlier award dated 9.11.1993, Ex. A1, determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,25,000/- per acre. Learned counsel for the parties submitted that the claim of the appellant in the present appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 825 of 1994- Nirmal Singh and another vs State of Punjab and another, decided on 26.11.2008 whereby the compensation for the acquisition in question was further enhanced. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the aforesaid judgment, the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 31.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge