In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 3695 of 1993 (O&M) State of Punjab ... Appellant vs Laik Ram and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. S. K. Singla, Advocate, for the respondents. Rajesh Bindal J. The State of Punjab is in appeal before this Court against the award passed by learned court below seeking reduction in the amount of compensation awarded to the respondents on account of acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that the State of Punjab vide notification dated 4.4.1988 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') acquired land in the revenue estate of Village Hulka, Tehsil Rajpura, District Patiala for construction of Jansuhi Distributory. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the market value of the land @ ` 60,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 50,000/- per acre for dakar barani and ` 40,000/- for gair mumkin kinds of land. Against the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, awarded compensation @ ` 99,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 24,750/- per acre for gair mumkin and ` 66,600/- per acre for rousli and dakkar kinds of land. The enhancement of compensation has been challenged by the State of Punjab before this court. A perusal of the paper-book shows that the amount involved in the appeal is merely ` 8,775/- 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