RFA No.957 of 1991 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.957 of 1991 (O&M) Date of Decision: 21.07.2011 Jagmal Singh and others ...Appellants Versus The Land Acquisition Collector and another ..Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Sanjay Mittal, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Sandeep Vermani, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. By filing the present appeal, the landowners are seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Brief facts of the case are that State Government vide notification dated 07.03.1980, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 (for short “the Act”), sought to acquire the land situated in the revenue estate of village Sheonathpura, Tehsil Narnaul, District Mahendergarh for construction of Nolpur Distributory by the Irrigation Department. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short “the Collector”) vide award dated 28.08.1980 assessed the market value @ ` 10,000/- per acre for Chahi land; ` 8,000/- per acre for Barani land; ` 7,000/- per acre for Bhud land and ` 3,000/- per acre for Gair Mumkin kind of land. The landowners feeling dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, filed reference under Section 18 of the Act. The learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 14,000/- per acre. RFA No.957 of 1991 2 Learned counsel for the landowners fairly submitted that the claim made in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No.2772 of 1990 Om Parkash vs. State of Haryana decided on 2.2.2011, whereby the award of the learned court below was upheld. For the reasons recorded in Om Parkash’s case (supra) the present appeal is dismissed. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 21.07.2011 sharmila