R. F. A No. 13 of 1991 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 10.8.2010 1. RFA No. 13 of 1991 (O&M) Haryana State ... Appellant vs Jasdev Singh (deceased) through LRs and others .... Respondents 2. RFA No. 2418 of 1989 (O&M) Jasdev Singh (deceased) through LRs and others ... Appellants vs Haryana State .... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Amit Jain, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of two appeals. Regular First Appeal No. 13 of 1991 has been filed by the State of Haryana challenging the grant of benefit under Section 23 (1A) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (for short, “the Act”) and Regular First Appeal No. 2418 of 1989 has been filed by the landowners seeking enhancement of compensation. Both the appeals arise out of the common award of the court below. However, the facts have been extracted from RFA No. 13 of 1991. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 15.5.1979, issued under Section 4 of the Act, the State of Haryana, acquired 1 kanal 16 marlas for development and utilisation thereof as residential area in the Urban Estate to be set up at Hissar. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land as under:- Block-A ` 272/- per marla. Block-B ` 242/- per marla. Block-C ` 180/- per marla. Dissatisfied with the award of the Land Acquisition Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, R. F. A No. 13 of 1991 (2) the learned court below vide award dated 19.7.1989, assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 23/- per square yard plus benefits under Section 23 (1A) of the Act. It is this award which is impugned by both the parties before this court. A perusal of the impugned award shows that the learned court below has relied upon an earlier judgment of this court pertaining to the same acquisition (Ex. P-1) in RFA No. 605 of 1986 Chuni Lal vs State of Haryana, decided on 11.8.1988. As the learned court below has relied upon earlier judgment of this court while assessing the market value of the acquired land, no case for further enhancement is made out. RFA No. 13/1991 As far as RFA No. 13 of 1991 filed by the State is concerned, the only grouse raised is regarding grant of 12% additional compensation under Section 23 (1A) of the Act. A perusal of the record shows that the landowner in the present case owned merely 1 kanal 16 marlas land of which a small compensation amount was paid. Additional benefit of 12% thereon will further be very meager amount. Keeping in view the fact that the acquisition in the present case was made about 31 years back. Without expressing any opinion on the merit of controversy, I do not find any reason to interfere in the impugned award in the appeal filed by the State. In view of the above, both the appeals are dismissed. 10.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge