RFA No. 5575 of 2010 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 5575 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 11.5.2011 Jagir Kaur and others ....Appellants vs State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Deepak Sharma, Advocate, for the appellants. 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 Punjab vide notification dated 21.2.2000 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Sohana, Tehsil and District Mohali, for development as Sectors 76 to 80 in the Urban Estate of S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 10,00,000/- per acre for the land touching Sectors 66 to 69, ` 9,00,000/- per acre for chahi and ` 7,50,000/- per acre for barani 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 while relying upon judgment of this court in RFA No. 3004 of 2006 – Surjit Singh vs State of Punjab and another decided on 2.3.2009, determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 19,85,700/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. RFA No. 5575 of 2010 (2) A perusal of the impugned award shows that the learned court below had assessed the market value of the acquired land while relying upon judgment of this court in Surjit Singh's case (supra), hence, no case for further enhancement is made out. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. Consequently, the application for condonation of delay is also dismissed. 11.5.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge