RFA No. 2217 of 2007 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2217 of 2007 (O&M) Date of decision : 4.2.2011 Ramjit Singh and others .... Appellants vs Punjab State and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Deepak Sharma, Mr. Sandeep Dhiman, Mr. Vijay Lath, Mr. R. K. Dhiman, Advocates and Mr. Manoj Kumar Pundir, Advocate for Mr. Naresh Kaushal, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 2217, 3927 of 2007, 713, 720, 1783 of 2008, 1493, 2076 of 2009 and 4221 of 2010, as the same arise out of common acquisition. 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 of the case are that the State of Punjab vide notification dated 21.2.2000 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Sohana, Tehsil and District Mohali, for development as Sectors 76 to 80 in the Urban Estate of S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 10,00,000/- per acre for the land touching Sector 66 to 69 running up to Sohana, Mouli Baidwan link road, ` 8,00,000/- per acre for chahi and ` 7,00,000/- per acre for banjar kind of land. In RFA Nos. 3927 of 2007, 317 of 2008, 2076 of 2009 and 4221 of 2010, the Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 10,00,000/- per acre for the land touching Sector 66 to 69 running upto Sohana, Mouli Baindwan link road, however, for chahi kind of land the compensation was assessed @ RFA No. 2217 of 2007 (2) ` 9,00,000/- per acre, and ` 7,50,000/- per acre for barani kind 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 determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 17 lacs per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals. Learned counsel for the landowners submitted that the issue raised in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in RFA No. 3004 of 2006 – Surjit Singh vs State of Punjab and another decided on 2.3.2009, whereby the compensation payable for acquisition of land vide same notification has been further enhanced. Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in Surjit Singh's case (supra), the present appeals are disposed of in the same terms. 4.2.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge