RFA No. 596 of 2011 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 596 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 26.05.2011 Sukhwant Singh ...Appellant Versus Punjab Government and another ..Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. C.M. Munjal, Advocate for the appellant. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. This order shall dispose of a set of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 596, 599 to 602, 604, 605, 607, 609 of 2011, as common questions of law and facts are involved therein. Facts have been extracted from RFA No. 596 of 2011. Challenge in the present appeal is to the award dated 24.05.2010 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Ferozepur. Landowners are in appeal before this court seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that State Government vide notification dated 17.12.1997, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), sought to acquire land for construction of Abulkhurana out fall drain for public purpose. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”) assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 2,25,000/- per acre for chahi and ` 1,60,000/- per acre for barani kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of Act, the learned court below assessed the compensation @ ` 4,80,000/- per acre. A perusal of the impugned award of the learned court below shows that the landowners themselves stated before the court that the value of the acquired land is not less than ` 5,00,000/- per acre and they should RFA No. 596 of 2011 2 be granted the same amount. Learned court below without there being any sale deed produced by the landowners on record has awarded ` 4,80,000/- as compensation for the acquired land. In the absence of any evidence, there is no scope for any further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed. Accordingly, the accompanying applications are also dismissed. It is made clear that the dismissal of these appeals will not effect the appeals, if any, filed by the State impugning the same award. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 26.05.2011 sharmila