RFA No. 1266 of 1993 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 1266 of 1993 (O&M) Date of decision : 31.3.2011 Amar Singh (deceased) through LRs and others ...Appellants vs State of Punjab and another ...Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Ms. Mridula Seth, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal, J. This order shall dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 1266 to 1268 and 1648 of 1993, as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. By filing these appeals, the landowners are seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. The bunch of appeals pertain to the valuation of land acquired for construction of Grain Market (Anaz Mandi) vide notification dated 2.9.1981 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short 'the Act') by the State of Punjab, situated within the revenue estates of villages Neelpur and Sayed Kheri, Tehsil Rajpura, District Patiala. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short 'the Collector') vide award dated 24.4.1984 assessed the market value of the acquired land at the following rates:- Kinds of land Price per acre in ` in Village Neelpur Price per acre in ` in Village Sayed Kheri Chahi 50,000/- 45,000/- Barani 40,000/- 35,000/- Gair mumkin 30,000/- 25,000/- The land owners being dissatisfied with the award of the Collector filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned Court below assessed the RFA No. 1266 of 1993 (2) compensation of the acquired land @ ` 1,00,000/- per acre for chahi and ` 60,000/- per acre for remaining kinds of land of both the villages. Still dissatisfied, the landowners are in appeal before this court. Learned counsel for the appellants/landowners submitted that the issues raied in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal Nos. 2275-2292 of 2005 -Balbir Chand and others vs State of Punjab, decided on 7.12.2010, whereby the market value of the land acquired vide same notification was further enhananced to ` 1,87,000/- per acre. Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. For the reasons recorded in Balbir Chand's case (supra), the present appeals are disposed of in the same terms. 31.3.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge