In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Cross-objection No. 53/CI of 2009 and RFA No. 2589 of 2002 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh .... Appellant vs Jagir Singh .... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Ms. Alka Chatrath, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Rajiv Kataria, Advocate, for the respondent/objector. Rajesh Bindal J. The instant appeal has been filed by the Union Territory, Chandigarh seeking reduction of compensation whereas the landowner/respondent has filed the cross-objections for enhancement of compensation awarded by the learned court below. Briefly, the facts are that notification dated 27.11.1991, under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), was issued for acquisition of land in the revenue estate of Manimajra, UT Chandigarh, for setting up of Nurseries. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector'), vide award dated 5.2.1993 assessed the market value at Rs. 2 lacs per acre for all kinds of land except gair mumkin nadi and nallah for which the market value was assessed at Rs. 75,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, learned court below enhanced the compensation from Rs. 2 lacs per acre to Rs. 4,35,600/- per acre. The compensation for fruit bearing trees was also increased to Rs. 3,95,815/- and the claim regarding superstructure and non-fruit bearing was rejected. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the landowner submitted that the claim made in the present appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 832 of 2002 Smt. Parminder Kaur and others vs Union Territory, Chandigarh decided on 18.4.2009, whereby compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land was further enhanced to Rs. 196/- per square yard. Learned counsel for Union Territory does not dispute this factual position. For the reasons recorded in Smt. Parminder Kaur's case (supra), the present appeal is dismissed and the cross-objections are allowed in the same terms. 11.5.2009 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge