RFA No. 1769 of 1989 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 1769 of 1989 (O&M) Date of decision: 21.12.2011 Daryao 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 appellants. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. ... Rajesh Bindal J. The land owners are in appeal seeking enhancement of compensation awarded to them by the learned court below for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 19.12.1978, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), State of Haryana sought to acquire land situated in village Gurgaon, District Gurgaon for water supply scheme. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed compensation @ ` 48/- per square yard. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the compensation @ ` 50/- per square yard. A perusal of the award of the court below shows that while determining the amount of compensation, the learned court below had relied upon a judgment of this court in R.F.A. No. 367 of 1987 –Chandgi Ram and another vs. State of Haryana and another, decided on 20.5.1988 RFA No. 1769 of 1989 [2] pertaining to the valuation of land falling in village Gurgaon, for which notification under Section 4 of the Act was issued on 20.3.1978. In the aforesaid case, this court had assessed the value of acquired land @ ` 48/- per square yard. Considering the fact that notification under Section 4 of the Act in the present case was issued on 19.12.1978, for the time-gap in the two acquisitions, the learned court below granted increase @ ` 2/- per square yard and determined compensation @ ` 50/- per square yard. Considering the aforesaid facts, in my opinion, no case for enhancement of compensation is made out. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 21.12.2011 mk