IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 1721 of 1987 Date of decision: 5.9.2008 State of Punjab and another .. Appellants v. Kalawati and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Manohar Lall, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the appellants. Rajesh Bindal J. The State is in appeal before this Court against award dated 4.10.1986 passed by learned District Judge, Patiala, whereby the learned Court below awarded Rs. 10,000/- per bigha as compensation for the acquired land. Prayer in the appeal is for reduction of compensation. Briefly, the facts are that land in question situated in Village Bathonia Khurd was acquired vide notification dated 13.12.1982 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), which was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act on 7.1.1983. The Collector gave award of Rs. 16,500/- per acre for chahi land; Rs. 13,200/- per acre for Rosli/Bhood land and Rs. 11,000/- per acre for Gair Mumkin land. Aggrieved against the same, the land owners filed objections which were referred to the learned District Judge, where keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, he awarded Rs. 10,000/- per Bigha as compensation, irrespective of the category of the land acquired. Learned counsel for the State submits that the claim made by the appellants in the present case does not survive in view of judgment of this Court in L.P.A. No. 1114 of 1988- Lachhman Dass v. State of Punjab and others, decided on 24.11.1997, whereby in appeals by the land owners, the compensation has further been enhanced. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in Lachhman Dass's case (supra), the present appeal is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 5.9.2008 mk