In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 1448 of 1992 (O&M) Matadin and another ..... Appellants vs The Haryana State ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. C. B. Goel, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Haryana vide notification dated 14.9.1983 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired land situated within the revenue estate of Village Kadipur, Tehsil and District Gurgaon, for public purpose namely for the development and utilisation of land as residential area in Gurgaon. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the land @ ` 45,000/- per acre for chahi and ` 16,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 19.81 paise per square. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the issue raised in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R. F. A. No. 795 of 1990 Devi Singh (deceased) through LR's Bishamber and others vs The Land Acquisition Collector and another decided on 22.9.2008, wherein this court has enhanced the compensation payable to the landowners to ` 33/- per square yard. Learned Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, did not dispute this factual position. For the detailed reasons recorded in Devi Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. 19.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge