In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 1417 of 1993 (O&M) Sarwan Singh ..... Appellant vs State of Punjab and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Vishal Goel and Mr. Munish Gupta, Advocates, for the appellant. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner is 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 24.3.1988 published on 4.4.1988 issued under Section 4 of the Act acquired the land situated within the revenue estate of Village Papri, Tehsil Kharar, District Ropar, for construction of Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal. The Land Acquisition Collector vide award dated 26.9.1989 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 45,000/- per acre for abi/chahi kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land on the basis of a settlement arrived at between the landowners and the then Chief Minister of Punjab, according to which the value of the acquired land was assessed @ ` 1,00,000/- per acre for abi kind of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Since the market value of the acquired land was assessed by the learned court below on the basis of a settlement arrived at between the landowners and the State of Punjab, no case for further enhancement is made out. As otherwise there is no evidence on record to justify any further increase in the compensation. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. 17.9.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge