In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A. No. 633 of 1989 (O&M) Date of decision : 9.9.2008 Bishnu Bhagwan @ Chandu and others ..... Appellants vs The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Jaswant Jain, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. B. S. Rana, Additional Advocate General, Haryana with Mr. Rajiv Kawatra, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, for the respondents. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award dated 23.12.1988 of the learned District Judge, Narnaul, seeking enhancement of the compensation. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the land of the appellants was acquired by the State of Haryana vide Notification dated 2.5.1979, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, for construction of a canal. The Land Acquisition Collector vide award dated 27.2.1981 assessed the market value of the land at Rs. 12,000/- per acre for barani and Rs. 15,000/- per acre for chahi type of land. The learned District Judge, on reference under Section 18 of the Act, vide his award dated 23.12.1988, determined the market value of the acquired land as Rs. 24,000/- per acre. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the claim made by the appellants in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R.F.A. No. 482 of 1989 – Charan Dass and others vs The State of Haryana and another, decided on 8.10.2003, whereby the landowners were granted compensation @ of Rs. 32,000/- per acre. Learned counsel for the State does not dispute this fact. For the detailed reasons stated in Charan Dass's case (supra), the present appeal is allowed in the same terms. 9.9.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge