R.F.A. No. 4702 of 2008 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 16.1.2009 (1) C.M. No. 9792-CI of 2008 and R.F.A. No. 4702 of 2008 Punjab State and another .. Appellants v. Amar Chand .. Respondent (2) C.M. No. 10050-CI of 2008 and R.F.A. No. 4844 of 2008 State of Punjab .. Appellants v. Waryam Singh (deceased) through LRs and others .. Respondents (3) C.M. No. 10053-CI of 2008 and R.F.A. No. 4845 of 2008 Punjab State and another .. Appellants v. Rattan Chand (deceased) through LRs and others .. Respondents (4) C.M. No. 9794-CI of 2008 and R.F.A. No. 4703 of 2008 Punjab State and another .. Appellants v. Ram Rattan (deceased) through LRs and others .. Respondents (5) C.M. No. 9800-CI of 2008 and R.F.A. No. 4705 of 2008 Punjab State and another .. Appellants v. Smt. Tulsan and others .. Respondents R.F.A. No. 4702 of 2008 [2] (6) C.M. No. 9811-CI of 2008 and R.F.A. No. 4708 of 2008 Punjab State and another .. Appellants v. Durga Dass and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. BBS Teji, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for the appellants. Mr. M. S. Dhami, Advocate for respondents No.2 to 4 in R.F.A. No. 4705 of 2008 and respondents No. 1, 2 and 4 to 7 in R.F.A. No. 4844 of 2008. ... Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of a bunch of above mentioned six appeals, as the same arise out of a common acquisition. The facts have been noticed from R.F.A. No. 4702 of 2008. The State is in appeal before this Court against the award of the learned Court below seeking reduction of the compensation awarded to the land owners. A bare perusal of the impugned award shows that vide notification dated 26.7.1988, the land in question situated in the revenue estate of village Lalpur was acquired for construction of Kandi Canal from RD No. 42762 to 51259. The Land Acquisition Collector determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 66.11 per marla. Considering the evidence on record to the effect that the acquired land was hardly at a distance of 20 yards from Gurdawara Sahib, Government Primary School and the village abadi, the learned court below assessed the compensation payable to the land owners at Rs. 100/- per marla, i.e., Rs. 16,000/- per acre, as against Rs. 66.11 per mala. In addition to this, 20% of the market value was directed to be paid as compensation on account of severance. Keeping in view the fact that the land was acquired more than 20 years before and the compensation assessed is quite meager, I do not find any reason to interfere in the impugned award. There is a delay of 202 days in filing the appeal. As the appeal itself is being dismissed on merits, I do not find any reason even to condone the delay. R.F.A. No. 4702 of 2008 [3] Accordingly, applications for condonation of delay as well as the appeals are dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 16.1.2009 mk