R.F.A. No. 2522 of 2001 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 23.7.2010 (1) RFA No. 2522 of 2001 (O&M) The State of Punjab and others .....Appellants Versus Raghubir Singh and another .....Respondents (2) RFA No. 2424 of 2001 (O&M) Raghubir Singh and another .....Appellants Versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents (3) RFA No. 2523 of 2001 (O&M) The State of Punjab and others .....Appellants Versus Parkasho .....Respondent (4) RFA No. 2524 of 2001 (O&M) The State of Punjab and others .....Appellants Versus Ranjit Singh and others .....Respondents (5) RFA No. 2525 of 2001 (O&M) The State of Punjab and others .....Appellants Versus Ranjit Singh and others .....Respondents R.F.A. No. 2522 of 2001 [2] (6) RFA No. 2526 of 2001 (O&M) The State of Punjab and others .....Appellants Versus Raghubir Singh and others .....Respondents (7) RFA No. 4691 of 2001 (O&M) Parkash .....Appellant Versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents (8) RFA No. 4692 of 2001 (O&M) Sardar Singh .....Appellant Versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents (9) RFA No. 4766 of 2001 (O&M) Raghubir Singh and others .....Appellants Versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. K. S. Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. R. S. Manhas, Advocate for the land owners. ... Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of the above mentioned appeals, as common questions of law and facts are involved. In the appeals filed by the State, the prayer is for reduction in the amount of compensation awarded to the land owners for the acquired land, R.F.A. No. 2522 of 2001 [3] whereas in the appeals filed by the land owners, they are seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 15.4.1994, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), the State of Punjab acquired land in villages Jugial, Tika Adial, Haroor and Rajpura, Tehsil Pathankot, District Gurdaspur for the purpose of construction of Hydel Channel. The same was followed by notification dated 22.7.1994, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land. Feeling dissatisfied, the land owners preferred objections. On reference, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1000/- per marla. Learned counsel for the land owners submitted that the issue involved in the present set of appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in R.F.A. No. 4525 of 2001 –Thuru Ram v. State of Punjab and others, decided on 16.3.2009, whereby the compensation payable for acquisition of land vide notification dated 1.2.1993 was enhanced to ` 1,754/- per marla. The fact is not disputed by learned counsel for the State. For the detailed reasons recorded in Thuru Ram's case (supra), the appeals filed by the land owners are allowed in the same terms, whereas those filed by the State are dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 23.7.2010 mk