In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2848 of 2010 (O&M) Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Appellant vs Avinash Chander Mookhy ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Jaishree Thakur, Advocate, for the appellant. Rajesh Bindal J. Union Territory, Chandigarh has filed the present appeal seeking reduction of compensation for the acquired land as awarded to the landowner. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 10.1.1992 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”), Chandigarh Administration acquired the land situated in villages Manimajra and Daria, Union Territory, Chandigarh, for afforestation by the Forest Department of Union Territory, Chandigarh. The same was followed by notification dated 4.7.1992 issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 2,00,000/- per acre. Feeling dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowner filed objections. On reference, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 4,35,600/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the appellant very fairly conceded that the claim made in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 648 of 1998– Tanuj Krishna Sehgal vs Union Territory, Chandigarh, decided on 5.10.2010, whereby compensation payable to the landowners for the land acquired vide same notification was further enhanced to ` 196/- per square yard. Since this court in the aforesaid judgment had further enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners for the acquired land, the claim of the Union Territory, for reduction does not survive. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Tanuj Krishna Sehgal's case (supra), the appeal is dismissed; Consequently the application for condonation of delay in refiling the appeal is also dismissed. 22.11.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge