In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh Civil Misc. No. 10224/CI of 2008 and R. F. A No. 4955 of 2008 (O&M) State of Haryana and another ... Appellants vs Smt. Bhagwati and others .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Navneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The State has approached this court through the present appeal for reduction in the compensation. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 30.3.1994, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired land in Village Dhanwapur, Tehsil and District Gurgaon, for public purpose namely for the construction of Yamuna Action Plan. The learned Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”), assessed the market value of the land at Rs. 3,50,000/- per acre for chahi, Rs. 3,00,000/- per acre for Barani, and Rs. 5,00,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. The learned Additional District Judge, on reference under Section 18 of the Act, enhanced the compensation @ of Rs. 240/- per square yard. Learned State counsel submitted that the claim in the present appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in R. F. A. No. 752 of 1999 State of Haryana and another vs Badlu and others decided on 6.9.2006, whereby the award of the learned court below was upheld. Since this Court had upheld the award of the learned court below in Badlu's case (supra), the present appeal does not survive. Accordingly, the same is dismissed. As the appeal itself is without any merit, I do not find any reason to condone the delay of 244 days in filing the appeal. Accordingly, the application for condonation of delay is also dismissed. 28.1.2009 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge