In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 3263 of 1993 (O&M) The State of Punjab .... Appellant vs Ajmer Singh (since deceased) through LRs and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The State of Punjab is 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 reduction of compensation awarded for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Punjab vide notification dated 23.12.1975 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Madanpur, Tehsil Kharar, District Ropar (Now District Mohali), for public purpose. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 29.3.1978 assessed the market value of the acquired land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. The learned Additional District Judge, on reference under Section 18 of the Act, enhanced the compensation to ` 63,640/- per acre, relying on judgment of this court in RFA No. 456 of 1982 titled as Jagir Singh vs Punjab State decided on 27.7.1989. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the appellant very fairly submitted that the learned court below has assessed the compensation payable to the landowners on account of acquisition of land relying upon an earlier judgment of this court in Jagir Singh's (case) supra. As the compensation has been assessed by the learned Reference Court relied upon a judgment of this court, I do not find any merit in the present appeal. Moreover, a perusal of the paper-book shows that the amount involved in the present appeal is merely ` 4,378.32 paise and the acquisition had taken place more than 35 years back. In view of the above, the present appeal is dismissed. 4.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge