In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 1045 of 1992 (O&M) State of Punjab ... Appellant vs Khazan Singh ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The State of Punjab is in appeal before this Court against the award passed by learned court below seeking reduction in the amount of compensation awarded to the landowner on account of acquisition of land. Briefly, the facts are that State of Punjab vide notification dated 16/17.3.1988 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Bhuri Majra, Hadbast No. 136, Tehsil Rajpura, District Patiala for Mardanpur Minor. The Land Acquisition Collector determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 60,000/- per acre for chahi and ` 35,040/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 20,400/- per bigha for chahi and ` 8,160/- per bigha for gair mumkin kind of land. It is this award which is challenged in the present appeal. A perusal of the paper-book shows that the amount involved in the present appeal is merely ` 1,975/- and the acquisition having taken place more than 22 years back, I do not find any reason to interfere therein at this stage. Accordingly, the present appeal is dismissed. 27.7.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge