Judgment:
VARINDER SINGH201408.12 16:12 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.1849 of 1997 (O&M) Date of decision : 11.8.2014 State of Punjab and another ..Appellants vs Ujaggar Singh and others ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr.Pavit Singh Mattewal, Addl.
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 of the amount awarded to the respondents on account of acquisition of land.
Briefly, the facts are that the State of Punjab sought to acquire land situated within the revenue estate of Village Urdan, Hadbast No.265, Tehsil Rajpura, District Patiala, vide notification issued on 5.4.1988 under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act').Notification under Section 6 of the Act was issued on 20.4.1988.
The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') vide award dated 17.8.1988 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 60,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 50,000/- per acre for barani and ` 35,040/- per acre for gair mumkin 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 vide award dated 20.10.1994, assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,00,000/- per acre.
It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal by the State.
A perusal of the paper-book shows that the amount involved in the appeal is merely ` 14,500/-.
There are four claimants and the acquisition having taken place more than 26 years back, I do not find any reason to interfere with the impugned award at this stage.
Accordingly, the present appeal is dismissed.
11.8.2014 (Rajesh Bindal) versus Judge