In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 940 of 1994 (O&M) Nasib Singh and another ..... Appellants vs Punjab State ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Munish Gupta, Advocates, 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 of the case are that the State of Punjab vide notification dated 5.4.1988 issued under Section 4 of the Act acquired the land situated within the revenue estates of Villages Akalgarh and Burjwala, Tehsil and District Ropar, for construction of Panjoli Right Distributory. The Land Acquisition Collector vide award dated 17.2.1990 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 42,478/- per acre for chahi and ` 11,707/- 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 determined the market value of the acquired land on the basis of a settlement arrived at between the landowners and the then Chief Minister of Punjab, according to which the value of the acquired land was assessed @ ` 1,00,000/- per acre for chahi, and ` 60,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Since the market value of the acquired land was assessed by the learned court below on the basis of a settlement arrived at between the landowners and the State of Punjab, no case for further enhancement is made out as otherwise there is no evidence on record. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. Consequently, the accompanying applications are also dismissed. 17.9.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge