RFA No. 1882 of 1998 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 1882 of 1998 (O&M) Date of decision : 22.12.2011 Sunder Singh (deceased) through LRs and another ...Appellants vs The State of Punjab and another ...Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Hardip Singh, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. B. B. S. Teji, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal, J. By filing the present appeal, the landowners are seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 6/7.10.1989, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), State of Punjab sought to acquire 16.51 acres of land in village Bassian, Tehsil Kharar, District Rupnagar for construction of SYL Canal project. The same was followed by notification dated 20/21.12.1989, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') vide award dated 18.2.1990 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 86,800/- per acre for Chahi land; ` 70,000/- per acre for Barani land and ` 49,000/- per acre for Gair Mumkin and Banjar kinds of land. 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 @ ` 90,000/- per acre for all kinds of land. Aggrieved against the award of learned Court below, the landowners have filed appeal before this Court. RFA No. 1882 of 1998 (2) Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the issues raised in the present appeal are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 1259 of 1994- Gurmit Singh vs The State of Punjab decided on 16.5.2011, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners was further enhanced. Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. For the reasons recorded in Gurmit Singh's case (supra), the appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 22.12.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge