Letters Patent Appeal No.132 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Date of Decision:-29.1.2009 Gursher Singh and others ..Appellants Versus The President, Improvement Trust, Tribunal, Jalandhar and others ...Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE J.S.KHEHAR HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH PRESENT:- Mr.N.C.Sahni, Advocate for the appellants. Mr.B.S.Dhillon, Assistant Advocate Advocate, Punjab for respondent Nos.2 and 3. Mr.Pardip Bhandari, Advocate for respondent Nos.1 and 4. J.S.KHEHAR, J.(ORAL) Two contentions have been advanced by the learned counsel for the appellants in furtherance of his claim in respect to determination rendered by this Court while disposing of Civil Writ Petition No.5877 of 1985 vide order dated 25.8.2006. Firstly, that the appellants herein were entitled to 30% solatium as against 15% awarded to the appellants by the learned Single Judge under the mandate of Section 23 (2) of the amended provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”). The second assertion at the hands of the learned counsel for the appellants is based on mandate of Section 28 of the Act. In this behalf the submission of the learned counsel for the appellants is, that the appellants are entitled to interest at the rate of 9% on account of denial of payment of compensation during first year and 15% till the payment of such compensation. Letters Patent Appeal No.132 of 2007 2 Learned counsel for the respondents acknowledge the veracity of both the claims made at the hands of the learned counsel for the appellants. In view of the above, the judgment rendered by the learned Single Judge dated 25.8.2006 while disposing of Civil Writ Petition No.5877 of 1985 is modified so as to hold that the appellants are entitled to solatium at the rate of 30% under Section 23 (2) of the Act, as also, to interest at the rate of 9% on account of non-payment of compensation during first year, and thereafter, at the rate of 15% till the payment of compensation, under Section 28 of the Act. The instant appeal stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms. (J.S.Khehar) Judge (Nawab Singh) 29.1.2009 Judge AS