RFA No. 5917 of 2009 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 5917 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision : 11.5.2011 Surinder Singh and others ....Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Hardip Singh, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Ramesh Goyat, Advocate for Mr. Ravi Sodhi, Advocate, for Union Territory, Chandigarh. 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 are that land situated in village Sarangpur and Dhanas, U.T., Chandigarh was acquired vide notification dated 23.12.1999 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for setting up Chandigarh Botanical Garden. The same was followed by notification dated 14.3.2000, issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the market value of acquired land of village Sarangpur @ ` 2,79,538/- per acre for gair mumkin nadi, nala, river bed, choe and khaddan, and ` 9,70,898/- per acre for remaining land and; ` 5,32,886/- per acre for village Dhanas. Aggrieved against the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 15,50,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. RFA No. 5917 of 2009 (2) Learned counsel for the parties submitted that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 2632 of 2005 Union Territory, Chandigarh vs Prabhjot Singh, decided on 26.3.2009, whereby the appeals arise out of the same acquisition were disposed of and the matters were remitted back to the reference court for fresh consideration. For the reasons recorded in Prabhjot Singh's case, the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. Parties are directed to appear before the learned District Judge, Chandigarh on 27.5.2011 for further proceedings. The learned District Judge will entrust the case to the court which is dealing with the cases remanded earlier. 11.5.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge