RFA No.4060 of 2008 - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** RFA No.4060 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: 05.05.2009 **** Atma Singh and others . . . . Appellants VS. The Land Acquisition Collector Industries Department, Punjab Chandigarh and others . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN **** Present: Mr.Satinder Khanna, Advocate for the appellants. Mr.N.S. Pawar, Addl. A.G. Punjab for respondents No.1 & 2. Mr.Pardip Bhandari, Advocate for respondent No.3. **** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN J.(ORAL) This order shall dispose of 19 Regular First Appeals, filed by the claimants, bearing Nos.4060 to 4069, 4142, 4630, 5700 to 5705, 5816 all of the year 2008. In brief, the facts of the case are that pursuant to notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short ‘the Act’) dated 7.5.1991 followed by notification of declaration dated 18.3.1992 issued under Section 6 of the Act, land RFA No.4060 of 2008 - 2 - situated in village Mundian Kalan, Tehsil & District Ludhiana was acquired for public purpose, namely for setting up of Industrial Focal Point, Ludhiana. The Land Acquisition collector (in short ‘the Collector’) vide his award No.1/LDH dated 15.3.1994 assessed the market value of the acquired land as under: Sr. No. Nature of Land Rate (in Rs.) per acre 1. Naiee Chahi 3 lacs 2. Khalas Chahi 2.5 lacs 3. Gair Mumkin 2.25 lacs 4. Banjar Kadim & Rosli 1.20 lacs The claimants were not satisfied with the award and had filed objections under Section 18 of the Act which were referred to the Civil Court for adjudication. The learned reference Court, however, assessed the compensation @ Rs.4.50 lacs per acre and awarded all the statutory benefits in terms of the amended Act vide order dated 14.5.2008. Learned counsels for the parties are ad idem that the present appeals are squarely covered by the decision rendered by this Court in the case RFA No.1881 of 2000 titled as “Labh Singh (dead) through his LRs Major Singh and another Vs. The Collector, Land Acquisition and another” on 25.8.2008. In view of above, the present appeals are also disposed of in terms of the decision rendered by this court in the case RFA No.1881 of 2000 titled as “Labh Singh (dead) through his LRs Major Singh and another Vs. The Collector, Land Acquisition and another” on 25.8.2008. (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) MAY 05, 2009 JUDGE vivek