IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 2215 of 2001 Date of Decision: 13.7.2009 Kesar Singh ....Appellant. Versus Land Acquisition Collector, Industries Department, Punjab and others ...Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Ms. Avinash Mandal, Advocate for Mr. M.L. Sharma, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. O.P. Dabla, DAG, Punjab for the respondents. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. The landowner has approached this Court by way of instant regular first appeal for enhancement of the amount of compensation awarded by the reference court. Respondent-State of Punjab vide notifications dated 11.11.1993 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “the Act”) and dated 19.4.1994 under Section 6 of the Act had acquired 629.55 acres of land situated within the revenue estate of village Sohna Tehsil Kharar, District Ropar, for a public purpose, namely, industrial. Dissatisfied with the amount of compensation @ Rs.1,75,000/- per acre awarded by the Land Acquisition Collector, the landowners sought reference for determination of the amount of compensation by the court and the reference court, in turn, awarded compensation of the acquired land at RFA No. 2215 of 2001 -2- the rate of Rs.6,96,000/- per acre. Besides the aforesaid compensation, the landowner-claimant was also held entitled to all the statutory benefits in accordance with the provisions of Sections 23 (1-A), 23 (2) and 28 of the Act. The claimant has filed the instant appeal for enhancement of the compensation. Learned counsel for the claimant has submitted that the subject matter involved in the present appeal is covered by the decision rendered by this Court on 8.8.2008 in RFA No. 3636 of 2001, titled as Punjab Small Industries & Export Corporation Ltd. v. Gurdip Singh and others, a copy of which was placed on the record of this case on 6.7.2009. According to the learned counsel, the claimants-landowners have been awarded compensation @ Rs.8,00,000/- per acre along with all statutory benefits available under the Act, as awarded by the reference court. Notice of this application was issued to the respondents. Learned State counsel does not dispute the aforesaid contention of the learned counsel for the claimant-appellant and fairly conceded that the present appeal may be disposed of in terms of the decision rendered by this Court in RFA No. 3636 of 2001 dated 8.8.2008. In view of the above, the present appeal is disposed of in terms of the judgment dated 8.8.2008 passed in RFA No. 3636 of 2001. July 13, 2009 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE