In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 1486 of 1995 (O&M) Mohar Singh ..... Appellant vs Punjab State ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Sham Lal Bhalla, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner is 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 23.12.1988 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 at Bathinda under the National Agricultural Research Project by the Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana. The Land Acquisition Collector announced his award on 23.12.1988. Aggrieved against the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference, the learned court below vide award dated 12.12.1994, assessed the market value of the acquired land at ` 50,000/- per acre. It is this award which is under challenge in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the appellant 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 was further enhanced to ` 72,000/- per acre. Learned State counsel did not dispute this factual position. For the reasons recorded in Prithipal Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 26.7.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge