RFA No. 1125 of 2004 (O&M) (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision : 20.7.2010 1. RFA No. 1125 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Gurbachan Singh and others .... Respondents 2. RFA No. 1126 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Billu Singh and another .... Respondents 3. RFA No. 1127 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Mohinder Singh and others .... Respondents 4. RFA No. 1128 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Mukhtiar Kaur and another .... Respondents 5. RFA No. 1129 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Jaswant Singh and others .... Respondents 6. RFA No. 1130 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Jagjit Kaur and another .... Respondents 7. RFA No. 1131 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Bikram Singh .... Respondent 8. RFA No. 1132 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Gurcharan Singh .... Respondents RFA No. 1125 of 2004 (O&M) (2) 9. RFA No. 1133 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Gamdur Singh and others .... Respondents 10. RFA No. 1134 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Baldev Singh and others .... Respondents 11. RFA No. 1135 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Bant Singh and others .... Respondents 12. RFA No. 1136 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Gurdev Singh and another .... Respondents 13. RFA No. 1137 of 2004 (O&M) Punjab State ..... Appellant vs Gurdev Singh .... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. P. S. Dhaliwal, Advocate, for the respondents. Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of a bunch of 13 appeals, as the same arise out of a common acquisition. The State has filed the aforesaid appeals 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 reduction of compensation for the acquired land. The facts have been extracted from RFA No. 1125 of 2004. Briefly, the facts are that land measuring 49 acres, 6 kanals and 1 marla situated at Mansa was acquired vide notification dated 11.10.1990 issued under Section 4 of the Act for construction of New Mandi Township. The same RFA No. 1125 of 2004 (O&M) (3) was followed by notification dated 1.10.1991 issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') gave award of ` 49,600/- per acre for the acquired land. Aggrieved against the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections which were referred to the learned Additional District Judge, Mansa, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, awarded compensation at ` 62/- per square yard. Learned counsel for the respondents submitted that the issue involved in the present set of appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 171 of 2002 Jaswant Singh and others vs Punjab State, decided on 17.11.2008, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land was further enhanced to ` 71.40 per square yard. Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. Since this court has already enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land, the appeals filed by the State do not survive. Accordingly, the same are dismissed. 20.7.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge