IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. LPA No. 799 of 2009 Date of Decision: August 31, 2009 Ramesh Kumar and another …Appellants Versus The Commissioner, Jalandhar Division, Jalandhar and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Sandeep Jain, Advocate, for the appellants. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. This appeal filed under Clause X of the Letters Patent is directed against order dated 22.7.2009 passed by the learned Single Judge in C.W.P. No. 5581 of 2009. According to the concluding para of the order, the petitioner had put in appearance in response to the notice of the Collector and filed written statement. It has further been concluded that he got his statement recorded but did not produce any evidence to show that the value of the land was correctly LPA No. 799 of 2009 shown in the impounded sale deed. The reasoning has also been correctly adopted by the learned Single Judge when he states that the rate fixed by the Collector in respect of the land in a particular area is only one of the factor to ascertain the market value but may not be conclusive with regard to exact value of the land. The Collector is at liberty to conduct an enquiry to find out market value of the property and the same was done in the present case. Learned Single Judge has also recorded that the property is situated on a link road at a distance of about 10 Kms. from district headquarter i.e. Nawanshahr and the value of the land in that area may be more than the value assessed by the Collector. Having heard learned counsel for the appellants, we are in agreement with the order passed by the learned Single Judge and the reasoning adopted. No case in favour of the appellants is made out. Dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (JASWANT SINGH) August 31, 2009 JUDGE Pkapoor 2