R.F.A. No. 2806 of 1992 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. R.F.A. No. 2806 of 1992 (O&M) Date of decision : 27.4.2011 Manjit Kumar Bhandari .... Appellant vs State of Punjab and another .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Mr. Hemant Sarin, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order will dispose of RFA Nos. 2806 and 2807 of 1992, as the same arise out of common award. The landowners have filed appeals seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that State of Punjab, vide notification dated 12.9.1988, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), sought to acquire land situated within the revenue estate of village Kathlour, Tehsil Pathankot, District Gurdaspur, for public purpose. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”), determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 6,000/- per acre for barani; ` 3,000/- per acre for salab/salab river; ` 2,000/- per acre for banjar jadid; ` 1,500/- per acre for gair mumkin abadi/ gair mumkin river. Aggrieved against the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 2,120/- per acre for for gair mumkin darya land and upheld the award of Collector for other kinds of land. It is this award which is impugned by the landowners in the present set of appeals. R.F.A. No. 2806 of 1992 (2) Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issue raised in the present set of appeals is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 1780 of 1991 State of Punjab and others vs Bawa Singh and another, decided on 31.1.2009, whereby this court upheld the award dated 5.3.1991 (Ex. P-12) of the learned reference court for the land acquired in the same village by notification dated 7/12.7.1988, granting compensation @ ` 13,000/- per acre for the land recorded as barani, salab and salab river and ` 10,000/- per acre for other kinds of land. Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. For the reasons recorded in Bawa Singh's case (supra), the appeals are disposed of in the same terms. 27.4.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge