RFA No. 3726 of 1998 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 3726 of 1998 (O&M) and Cross-Objection No.126-CI of 1999 Date of Decision: 16.05.2011 Jagat Singh and others ...Appellants Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Gouravjit Singh, Advocate for Mr. R.S. Bajaj, Advocate for the land owners. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Ashish Kapoor, Advocate for the cross-objector(s)/Indian Oil Corporation. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. This order will dispose of two appeals bearing RFA Nos.3726 of 1998 and 1656 of 1999 and cross-objection No.126-CI of 1999, as common questions of facts and law are involved therein. Challenge in the present set of appeals is to the award dated 16.03.1998 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Jalandhar. Landowners are in appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land whereas Indian Oil Corporation has filed appeal and cross- objections seeking reduction thereof. Facts have been extracted from RFA No.3726 of 1998. Briefly, the facts of the case are that State Government vide notification dated 2.1.1985, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), sought to acquire the land measuring 421 Kanals and 4 marlas situated in village Suchi Pind and 72 kanals and 6 marlas in village Chak Hussaina Lamba Pind for setting up of LPG Bottling Plant. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”) vide his RFA No. 3726 of 1998 2 award dated 10.11.1986 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 92,515/- per acre for Chahi even land; ` 74,000/- per acre for Chahi uneven land and ` 23,120/- per acre for Gair Mumkin kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of Act, the learned court below assessed the compensation @ ` 1,10,000/- per acre for Chahi even and Gair Mumkin kind of land and ` 88,000/- per acre for Chahi uneven kind of land in both the villages. Learned counsel for the parties very fairly submitted that the claim made in the present set of appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 2700 of 1998 titled as Surjan Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and others decided on 20.04.2009. For the detailed reasons recorded in Surjan Singh’s case (supra), the present appeals and cross-objection are disposed of in the same terms. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 16.05.2011 sharmila