RFA No. 512 of 1989 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 512 of 1989 (O&M) Date of decision : 9.9.2010 Jang Singh and others ..... Appellants vs The State of Punjab ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. S. K. Singla, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners have filed the appeals bearing RFA Nos. 512 to 519, 1717, 1718 of 1989, 273 of 1993 against the award passed by the learned court below seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. However, the facts have been extracted from RFA No. 512 of 1989. Briefly, the facts are that the State of Punjab acquired the land measuring 19.36 acres situated within the revenue estate of Village Badali, Tehsil Nabha, District Patiala, vide notification dated 20.8.1982, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), for construction of Sirhind Choe from R. D. 419130 to RD 518952. The Land Acquisition Collector vide award dated 23.9.1986 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 20,000/- per acre for chahi and ` 5,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 14.12.1988, enhanced the compensation for the acquired land to ` 25,000/- per acre for chahi kind of land and upheld the same regarding gair mumkin kind of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the issues involved in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 1833 of 1989 Mukhtiar Singh vs State of Punjab and another, decided on 4.2.2004, whereby this court upheld the award of the court below vide which the market value of the land acquired vide same notification for the same purpose was assessed @ ` 28,520/- per acre. Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. RFA No. 512 of 1989 (2) Accordingly, for the reasons mentioned in Mukhtiar Singh's case (supra), the landowners in the present set of appeals are also held entitled to compensation for the acquired land @ ` 28,520/- per acre. They shall also be entitled to all statutory benefits available under the Act. The appeals are disposed of in the above terms. 9.9.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge