R.F.A. No. 493 of 1997 [ 1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 493 of 1997 Date of decision: September 15, 2008 The Land Acquisition Collector and another .. Appellants v. Smt. Raj Bala .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Navneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana for the appellants. None for the respondent. Rajesh Bindal J. The appellants are in appeal before this Court against the award dated 21.9.1996, passed by learned Additional District Judge, Karnal for reduction in the amount of compensation awarded to the respondent for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that land measuring 214.92 acres situated in the revenue estates of Karnal was acquired vide notification dated 13.3.1981 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for development and utilization of land for industrial and commercial purpose in Urban Estate, Karnal. The same was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act on 21.11.1983. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') gave award of Rs. 80,000/- per acre for Chahi/Nehri land and Rs. 50,000/- per acre for gair mumkin land. Aggrieved against the same, the land owner filed objections which were referred to the learned Additional District Judge, Karnal, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, awarded Rs. 42/- per square yard for the acquired land. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in Dr. Rajwant Singh (Died) through LRs v. State of Haryana , 2008 R.F.A. No. 493 of 1997 [ 2] (2) RCR (Civil) 780. For the detailed reasons recorded in Dr. Rajwant Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 15.9.2008 mk