1992 INSC 0536
                                              Sikandar Singh Grawal

                                                           Vs

                                          Union Territory of Chandigarh

                                      Slp (C) Nos. 8590 and 9003 of 1986

                                (L. M. Sharma, S. Mohan, N. Venkatachala JJ)

                                                      08.09.1992

                                                     JUDGMENT

VENKATACHALA, J. -

These special leave petitions are made respecting the judgments in L.P.A. Nos. 1187 of 1981 and
1207 of 1981 of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. The petitioners were owners of certain
lands of Burail and Maloya village on the outskirts of Chandigarh which had been acquired for
public purpose pursuant to notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for
short 'the Act') published in the local Gazette dated February 1, 1977. The Land Acquisition
Collector by his award under Section 11 of the Act determined the market value of the said lands at
Rs. 16,000 an acre. The District Judge at Chandigarh who had received the reference under Section
18 of the Act enhanced the market value of the acquired lands to Rs. 34,000 and acre. The High
Court before which appeals had been brought by the claimants seeking grant of enhanced the market
value for their lands, enhanced the market value to Rs. 62,000 an acre following its earlier judgment
in similar appeal being L.P.A. No. 1207 of 1981. On behalf of the petitioners, in the present
petitions, we were not shown any material on the basis of which the High Court could have
determined the market value of the acquired lands at a rate in excess of Rs. 62,000 an acre. Hence,
we see no ground to interfere with the judgments of the High Court and enhance the market value of
the acquired lands. We, therefore, dismiss these special leave petitions, however without costs.

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