In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 3046 of 2002 (O&M) Bhajan Singh and others ..... Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. P. C. Dhiman, Advocate, for the appellants. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners have filed the present 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 Union Territory, Chandigarh, vide notification dated 3.7.1997 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired land of Villages Nizampur Kumbra and Nizampur Burail, UT Chandigarh, for development of Sector-51, Chandigarh. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 10,86,500/- per acre. The landowners feeling dissatisfied with the amount of compensation awarded by the Collector, filed objections, which were referred to the learned Reference Court, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, upheld the award of the Collector. It is this order which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the claim made in the present appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 727 of 2001 Narinder Singh vs Union Territory, Chandigarh, decided on 4.2.2009, whereby compensation payable to the landowners was further enhanced to Rs. 15,46,450/- per acre. A perusal of aforesaid judgment shows that issue dealt with therein was regarding determination of fair value of the land acquired vide notification dated 3.7.1997. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Narinder Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is allowed in the same terms. 5.5.2009 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge