RFA No. 1380 of 1993 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 1380 of 1993 (O&M) Date of decision: 20.12.2011 The State of Punjab .. Appellants Vs. Manga Singh and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Ashok Aggarwal, Advocate General, Punjab with Mr. Alok Jain, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Munish Gupta, Advocate for the land owners. ... Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of R.F.A. Nos. 1380 and 1381 of 1993 and cross objections 13-CI and 14-CI of 1995, as common questions of law and facts are involved. In the appeals filed by the State, the prayer is for reduction of compensation awarded to the land owners by the learned court below for the acquired land, whereas in the cross objections filed by the land owners, the prayer is for enhancement thereof. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), State of Punjab sought to acquire land situated in village Pathar Majra, Tehsil and District Ropar for construction of SYL canal. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed compensation @ ` 70,200/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the compensation @ ` 85,000/- per acre for RFA No. 1380 of 1993 [2] chahi kind of land and ` 60,000/- per acre for barani kind of land. Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that the present set of appeals as well as the cross objections can be disposed of by enhancing the compensation for chahi kind of land to ` 1,00,000/- per acre in terms of the agreement of the land owners with the then Chief Minister, where it was decided that for acquisition of land for SYL canal project, for chahi kind of land, compensation will be paid to all the land owners at uniform rate of ` 1,00,000/- per acre. Number of appeals arising out of the acquisition have been decided in terms thereof. For the reasons mentioned above, the award of the court below is modified to the extent that the land owners shall be entitled to compensation @ ` 1,00,000/- per acre for chahi kind of land. Rest of the award is upheld. The appeals as well as the cross objections are disposed of accordingly. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 20.12.2011 mk