In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh R.F.A. No. 734 of 1991 Date of decision: August 05, 2009 Rajinder Pal and others .. Appellants Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondent R.F.A. No. 2031 of 1991 Angoori Lal .. Appellant Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondent R.F.A. No. 2032 of 1991 Hussan Lal .. Appellant Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. Saurav Garg, Advocate for Mr. R.K. Dadwal, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Surinder Kapoor, Addl. A.G. Punjab for the respondent. A.N. Jindal, J This order of mine shall dispose of connected R.F.A. Nos. 734, 2031 and 2032 of 1991, having arisen out of the same judgment. The landowners have preferred these appeals against the award dated 1.12.1990 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Hoshiarpur, under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act (herein referred as 'the Act'), seeking enhancement of the compensation for the acquired land. R.F.A. No. 734 of 1991, R.F.A. No. 2031 of 1991 & R.F.A. No. 2032 of 1991 -2- Briefly stated, the facts are that vide notification dated 27.1.1986, issued under Section 4 of the Act, the State of Punjab acquired 177 kanals 7 marlas of land situated in the area of village Kulewal for the purpose of Industries at Public expense. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 3.6.1987 assessed the market value of the land at the following rates :- 1. Chahi Rs.17338/- per acre. 2. Barani Rs.17338/- per acre. 3. Gair Mumkin Rs.16000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Land Acquisition Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned Additional District Judge, Hoshiarpur, vide his award dated 1.12.1990 determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs.24000/- per acre for Chahi and Barani lands. Still dissatisfied the claimants have come up in appeal. Arguments heard. The Tribunal had awarded compensation to the tune of Rs.24,000/- per acre after perusing the sale instances Ex.A3, Ex.A4 and Ex.A5. On perusal of these sale deeds, it is revealed that the market value of the acquired land does not exceed Rs.24,000/- per acre. The judgment Ex.R-7 is not relevant to prove the market value because it was passed on 5.10.1990 and notification for acquisition was published on 11.11.1983, whereas, in the present case, the land was acquired on 27.1.1986. It is specifically mentioned that the land was acquired for construction of cable factory but the same was not found fit for installing the industrial establishment. As such, the factory has not so far been established on the acquired land. Resultantly, finding no merit in the appeals the same are hereby dismissed. August 05, 2009 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge