RFA No. 817 of 2001 (O&M) (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision: 5.5.2009 1. RFA No. 817 of 2001 (O&M) Jagir Singh and another ..... Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Respondent 2. RFA No. 825 of 2001 (O&M) Baldev Singh ..... Appellant vs Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Respondent 3. RFA No. 826 of 2001 (O&M) Surjeet Singh ..... Appellant vs Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Respondent 4. RFA No. 827 of 2001 (O&M) Smt. Gurmeet Kaur and others ..... Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Respondent 5. RFA No. 2573 of 2002 (O&M) Gurcharan Singh and others ..... Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Respondent 6. RFA No. 3976 of 2007 (O&M) Jagir Singh and others ..... Appellants vs Union Territory, Chandigarh ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. P. C. Dhiman, Advocate, for the appellants. Ms. Alka Chatrath, Advocate, for UT Chandigarh in RFA Nos. 817, 825 to 827 of 2001. Mr. K. K. Gupta, Advocate, for UT Chandigarh in RFA Nos. 2573 of 2002 and 3976 of 2007. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of above mentioned six appeals, as common questions of law and facts are involved. The facts have been noticed from RFA No. 817 of 2001. RFA No. 817 of 2001 (O&M) (2) The landowners have filed the present 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 Union Territory, Chandigarh, vide notification dated 3.7.1997 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired land of Village Nizampur Kumbra, U. T. Chandigarh. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 10,86,500/- per acre. The landowners feeling dissatisfied with the amount of compensation awarded by the Collector, filed objections, which were referred to the learned Reference Court, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, upheld the award of the Collector. It is this order which is impugned in the present set of appeals. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the claim made in the present appeals is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 727 of 2001 Narinder Singh vs Union Territory, Chandigarh, decided on 4.2.2009, whereby compensation payable to the landowners was further enhanced to Rs. 15,46,450/- per acre. The fact is not disputed by learned counsels appearing for the respondent. Accordingly, for the reasons recorded in Narinder Singh's case (supra), the present appeals are allowed in the same terms. 5.5.2009 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge