In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 1384 of 1996 (O&M) State of Haryana and another ..... Appellants vs Suresh Kumar Sharma and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The State has filed the present appeal against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') seeking reduction in the compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide Notification dated 23.10.1989, issued under Section 4 of the Act, the State of Haryana acquired land situated in Village Taraf Afgan, District Panipat, for the development and utilisation thereof as residential, commercial, industrial and transport area in Sector 25, Part-II, Panipat. The Collector vide his award dated 25.3.1991, determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 2,00,000/- per acre for plain area, ` 1,65,200/- per acre for land having depression upto 2 feet, ` 1,48,000/- for the land having depression upto the depth of 3 feet and ` 60,800/- per acre for the remaining land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below, who on the basis of material placed on record, determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 81/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the State very fairly submitted that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 19 of 1995 – Gulab Singh vs State of Haryana and another, decided on 24.7.2008, whereby the compensation payable to the landowners was further enhanced to ` 147/- per square yard. Since this court has further enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners, no case for reduction of compensation can possibly be made out. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. 21.12.2010. (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge