RFA No. 5326 of 2009 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 5326 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision : 8.2.2011 State of Haryana and others ...Appellants vs Smt. Ram Bai and others ...Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. R. A. Sheoran, Advocate, for the respondents. Rajesh Bindal, J. The State has filed the present appeal seeking reduction of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly the facts are that vide notification dated 17.11.2003 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short 'the Act') the State of Haryana sought to acquire land in the revenue estate of village Arya Nagar, Tehsil and District Hisar, for construction of Hisar-Ghaghar Multipurpose Channel. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short 'the Collector') determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,40,000/- per acre for nehri land and ` 1,00,000/- per acre for tal 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 @ ` 7,00,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal by the State. Learned Counsel for the respondents/landowners submitted that the issues raised in the present appeal are squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 3873 of 2009 Haryana State and another vs Ram Partap and others, decided on 23.12.2010, whereby the award of the learned court below regarding valuation of land was upheld and the landowners were held entitled to severance @ 20% of the value of acquired land. RFA No. 5326 of 2009 (2) Learned State counsel did not dispute the aforesaid factual position. In view of the above stand of the parties, the present appeal is disposed of in terms of judgment of this court in Ram Partap's case (supra). 8.2.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge