R.F.A. No. 2111 of 1997 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. R.F.A. No. 2111 of 1997 (O&M) Date of decision : 25.5.2011 Hans Raj (deceased) through LRs and others .... Appellants vs The State of Punjab and others .... Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present:- Mr. R. S. Manhas, Advocate, for the landowners. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJESH BINDAL, J This order shall dispose of RFA Nos. 2111 to 2114 of 1997, 2261 of 1999, as the same arise out of common acquisition. The landowners have filed the present set of appeals seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly the facts are that vide notification dated 1.2.1993 published on 3.2.1993 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') the State of Punjab sought to acquire land situated in the revenue estate of villages Haroor, Barkula and Rajpura, Tehsil Pathankot, District Gurdaspur for construction of Shahpur Kandi Hydel Channel. The same was followed by notification dated 17.4.1993 issued under Section 6 of the Act. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') awarded compensation @ ` 32,000/- per acre for Bagicha B-I, ` 30,000/- per acre for Barani-I and Bagicha-II, ` 20,000/- per acre for Barani-II and ` 10,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kinds of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,000/- per marla. Aggrieved against the award of learned Court below, the landowners are in appeal before this Court. R.F.A. No. 2111 of 1997 (2) Learned counsel for the parties submitted that the issues raised in the present set of appeals are squarely covered by judgments of this court in RFA No. 4525 of 2001 – Thuru Ram vs State of Punjab and others, decided on 16.3.2009 and RFA No. 3691 of 1999 – Sunita Kumari and another vs State of Punjab and others, decided on 22.9.2010, wherein this court determined the market value of the land acquired vide notification @ ` 1,754/- per marla. For the reasons recorded in the aforesaid judgments, the appeals are disposed of in the same terms. 25.5.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge