In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R FA No. 1656 of 2001 (O&M) Mulakh Raj and others ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. C. B. Goel, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 1.7.1994, issued under Section 4 of the Act, the State of Haryana acquired land in village Bohli for setting up of Petrol Oil Lubricant Depot. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the land at Rs. 1,50,000/- per acre for chahi, Rs. 1,40,000/- per acre for barani, Rs. 1,20,000/- per acre for gairmumkin and Rs. 1,30,000/- per acre for banjar kadim kinds of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned Court below assessed the market value of the acquired land at uniform rate of Rs. 1,98,000/- per acre. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the claim made in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 2625 of 2000 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. vs Mulakh Raj and others decided on 15.4.2009, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners was further enhanced to Rs. 2,50,000/- per acre. Learned State counsel did not dispute the abovesaid factual position. For the reasons recorded in Mulakh Raj's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 7.1.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge