RFA No.885 of 1991 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 885 of 1991 (O&M) Date of Decision: 03.06.2011 Radhey Sham and another ...Appellants Versus Haryana State and another ..Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Sanjay Mittal, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. D.D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. Challenge in the present appeal is to the award dated 4.1.1991 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Narnaul. The landowners are in appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that State Government vide notification dated 7.3.1980, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), sought to acquire the land measuring 23.69 acre situated in the revenue estate of village Sheonathpura, Tehsil Narnaul, District Mahendergarh for construction of Nolpur Distributory by Irrigation Department. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”) vide his award dated 28.8.1980 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 10,000/- per acre for Chahi; ` 8,000/- per acre for Barani; ` 7,000/- per acre for Bhud; and ` 3,000/- 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 Act, the learned court below assessed the compensation @ ` 14,000/- per acre. RFA No.885 of 1991 2 Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the relevant record. Learned counsel for the State submitted that the issues rasied in the present appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 2772 of 1990 titled as Om Parkash Vs. State of Haryana decided on 2.2.2011 whereby the award of the learned court below was upheld. Since this court had upheld the award of the learned court below in Om Parkash’s case (supra), prima facie, the claim of the landowners for further enhancement does not survive. The present appeal is dismissed. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 03.06.2011 sharmila