R. F. A No. 2208 of 2010 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 2208 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 21.4.2011 The State of Haryana and another ... Appellants vs Brij Lal and others .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. By filing appeal, State of Haryana is seeking reduction of compensation awarded to the landowners for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 17.11.2003, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), State of Haryana sought to acquire 97.64 acres of land in villages Tarkanwali, Shahpuria, Shakar Mandori and Chaharwala for construction of Hisar-Ghaggar Multi Purpose Channel from RD 109000 to 398600 (sub reach RD 109000 to 141023). The same was followed by notification dated 27.10.2004, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land as under: Sr. No. Village Nehri Chahi Barani per acre per acre per acre in ` in ` in ` .......................................................................................................... 1. Tarkanwali 1,10,000/- 80,000/- 40,000/- 2. Shahpuria 1,10,000/- 80,000/- 50,000/- 3. Shakar Mandori 1,40,000/- 1,30,000/- 80,000/- 4. Chaharwala 1,10,000/- 80,000/- 60,000/- 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 market value of the acquired land @ ` 5,00,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. R. F. A No. 2208 of 2010 (2) Learned State counsel very fairly conceded that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 539 of 2010 Partap and others vs State of Haryana and another, decided on 7.3.2011, whereby the award of the learned court below was upheld. For the detailed reasons recorded in Partap's case (supra), the present appeal is dismissed. 21.4.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge