In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 2077 of 2001 (O&M) Gurnam Kaur and others ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Vinod Kr. Kataria, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Vivek Chauhan, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that State of Punjab vide notification dated 21.11.1984 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), acquired land within the revenue estates of Village Jodhpur Romana, Tehsil and District Bathinda, for setting up Regional Research Project of Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”) announced his award on 20.4.1995. Aggrieved against the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference, the learned court below vide award dated 6.12.1994, assessed the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 50,000/- per acre. Thereafter, the appellants filed application under Section 28-A of the Act which was dismissed vide order dated 29.8.2000. It is this order which is under challenge 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. 1476 of 1995 Prithipal Singh vs Punjab State decided on 23.3.2005, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners, whose land was acquired vide same notification was enhanced to Rs. 72,000/- per acre. Learned Assistant Advocate General does not dispute this factual position. For the reasons recorded in Prithipal Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is allowed in the same terms. 11.5.2009 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge