In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R.F.A. No. 1093 of 2010 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Chanan Singh and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Vishal Sodhi, Advocate, for Union Territory, Chandigarh. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 1093 to 1099 of 2010 filed by the Union Territory, Chandigarh against the award of the learned court below seeking reduction in the compensation awarded for the fruit bearing trees existing on the acquired land. The facts have been extracted from RFA No. 1093 of 2010. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 15.10.1991 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”), Union Territory, Chandigarh, acquired the land situated in revenue estate of Village Burail, U.T Chandigarh along with fruit/non-fruit bearing trees and superstructure for development of 3rd Phase of Chandigarh City. The Land Acquisition Collector vide award dated 29.9.1992 assessed the compensation for the superstructures standing on the acquired land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below granted increase of 62% on the market value of the fruit bearing trees on the value as assessed as per Dr. Nijjar's formula. It is this award which is impugned before this court. A perusal of the impugned award shows that the court below had awarded increase of 62% on the compensation assessed for the fruit bearing trees in terms of Dr. Nijjar's formula. In fact, as per difference in price index the increase will come out to 59%. Keeping in view that the dispute in the present set of appeals is regarding meager amount, I do not find any reason to interfere therein at this stage. Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed. Consequently, the accompanying applications for condonation of delay in filing the appeals are also dismissed. 13.9.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge