In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 1941 of 1993 (O&M) The State of Punjab ..... Appellant vs Amar Singh (deceased) through LRs ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Vivek Chauhan, Assistant 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 in compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Punjab vide notification dated 7.10.1985 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired the land situated within the revenue estate of Village Basian, Tehsil Rajpura, District Patiala, for construction of Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the fair value of the land at Rs. 72,990/- per acre for chahi, Rs. 50,000/- per acre for dakkar land and Rs. 35,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the compensation at Rs. 75,000/- per acre for dakkar and Rs. 55,000/- per acre for banjar kind of land. Learned State counsel very fairly submitted that the claim made in the present appeal does not survive as in R. F. A. No. 1066 of 1990 Atma Singh and others vs The State of Punjab through Land Acquisition Collector SYL Project Chandigarh decided on 14.1.2004, pertaining to acquisition of land in the same village by notification dated 17.10.1985, which was merely issued after 10 days for the same purpose, the award of the learned court below has been upheld. The same amount of compensation has been determined/payable to the landowners in the present appeal. In view of the aforesaid statement and the reasons recorded in Atma Singh's case (supra), no case for reduction of compensation can possibly be made out. The appeal is dismissed. 4.3.2009 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge