IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 732 of 1988 Date of decision: 30.10.2008 Charanjit Singh .. Appellant v. Punjab State through Collector, Gurdaspur .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Aashish Chopra, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. O.P. Dabla, AAG, Punjab for the respondent. Rajesh Bindal J. The land owner is in appeal before this Court against award dated 8.2.1988 passed by learned Additional District Judge, Gurdaspur, seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that land measuring 34 acres 3 kanals and 2 marlas situated in Village Pakhoke Dera Baba Nanak, H.B. No. 442, Tehsil Batala, District Gurdaspur was acquired vide notification dated 28.5.1982 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for setting up a New Mandi Township. The Collector gave award of Rs. 20,000/- per acre for chahi land; Rs. 8,000/- per acre for barani land and Rs. 7,500/- per acre for Banjar and Gair Mumkin kind of land. Aggrieved against the same, the land owner filed objections which were referred to the learned court below who, keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, awarded Rs. 200/- per marla. Learned counsel for the State very fairly conceded that the claim made by the appellant in the present case is squarely covered by a judgment of this Court in R.F.A. No. 700 of 1988-- Avtar Singh and others v. Punjab State and others, decided on 20.10.2008, whereby in appeals by the land owners, the compensation was enhanced to Rs. 340/- per marla. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in Avtar Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is allowed in terms thereof. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 30.10.2008 mk