IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 2908 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision: 21.1.2010 Jai Narain and others .. Appellants. v. State of Haryana and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. S. R. Hooda, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The land owners are in appeal seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Vide notification dated 16.8.2002, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), the Government of Haryana acquired 37.13 acres of land situated in village Sitawali Hadbast No. 115, Tehsil and District Sonepat for the same purpose. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land @ Rs. 2,00,000/- . The land owners feeling dissatisfied with the quantum of compensation awarded by the Collector, filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the market value @ Rs. 3,20,000/- per acre for the land abutting the village abadi and for the remaining land, it upheld the award of the Collector. Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that the issue involved in the present case is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in RFA No. 2815 of 2008 –Prem and others v. The State of Haryana and others, decided on 27.4.2009, where the amount of compensation was further enhanced. Accordingly, the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 21.1.2010 mk