In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 485 of 1994 (O&M) The State of Punjab and another ... Appellants vs Chint Ram ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The State of Punjab is in appeal before this Court against the award passed by learned court below for reduction in the amount of compensation awarded to the respondents on account of acquisition of land. Briefly, the facts are that State of Punjab vide notification dated 5.7.1988 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') acquired the land of the respondent for construction of super passage at R. D. 4.420 Km of SYL Canal. The Land Acquisition Collector determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 48,000/- per acre for chahi and ` 32,500/- per acre for barani kind of land. The landowners filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land on the basis of a settlement arrived at between the landowners and the then Chief Minister of Punjab, according to which the value of the acquired land was assessed @ Rs. 1,00,000/- per acre for chahi and Rs. 75,000/- per acre for barani kind of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Since the market value of the acquired land was assessed by the learned court below on the basis of a settlement arrived at between the landowners and the State of Punjab, the appeal filed by the State is not maintainable. Moreover, a perusal of the paper-book shows that the amount involved in the appeal is merely ` 13,547/- and the acquisition having taken place more than 22 years back, I do not find any reason to interfere therein at this stage. Accordingly, the present appeal is dismissed. 28.7.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge