In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2108 of 1991 (O&M) The Punjab State and another ... Appellants vs Mangal Singh and others ..... Respondents 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 seeking 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 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Mamkaur, Tehsil and District Gurdaspur for construction of bye-pass of Gurdaspur for Amritsar-Pathankot National Highway. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, the Collector'), the assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 12,000/- per acre for chahi/nehri, ` 12,800/ per acre for orchard and ` 32,000/- per acre for gair mumkin and other kinds of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned Court below on the basis of its earlier award, assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 60,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. A perusal of the paper-book shows that the amount involved in the appeal is merely ` 1,180/-. Keeping in view that amount involved in the present appeal is quite small and the acquisition having taken place more than 20 years back, I do not find any reason to interfere at this stage. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. 8.3.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge