In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 1811 of 1988 (O&M) State of Haryana ... Appellant vs Bans Gopal ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The State of Haryana is in appeal before this Court against the award passed by learned court below for reduction in the amount of compensation awarded to the respondents on account of acquisition of land. Briefly, the facts are that State of Haryana vide notification dated 2.8.1973 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Mawai, Hadbast No. 126, Tehsil Ballabhgarh, District Faridabad, for construction of a Storm Water Drain. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 19.2.1974, assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 65/- per marla and ` 40/- per marla for rastajat. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowner filed objections. On reference, the learned Court below, while relying upon earlier award, Ex. R-1, determined the market value of the acquired land at ` 13.50 paise per square yard. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. A perusal of the paper-book shows that the amount involved in the appeal is merely ` 5,989.50 paise and the acquisition having taken place more than 37 years back, I do not find any reason to interfere therein at this stage. Moreover, the court below had determined the market value of the acquired land as per the evidence led by the State itself. Accordingly, the present appeal is dismissed. 15.9.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge