IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

1. RFA No.2034 of 2001 (O&M)

Date of Decision: 11.03.2026 STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS. ......Appellants Vs CHAIN SINGH AND OTHERS ...Respondent(s)

2. RFA No.2035 of 2001 (O&M)

STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS. ......Appellants Vs GIRDHARI GIR CHELA SHRI HARNAM GIR ...Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Gunjan Mehta, Addl. A.G., Punjab for the appellant(s).

None for the respondents.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J. (Oral)

[1]. By way of present appeal, challenge has been laid to the Award dated 20.09.2000 passed by the learned Addl. District Judge, Gurdaspur (hereinafter to be referred as the ‘Reference Court’).

[2]. Briefly stating, in the present case(s), certain land owned by the respondents/landowners, situated within the revenue estate of village Sidhauri, Tehsil Pathankot, District Pathankot, came to be acquired vide Notification dated 27.12.1993 issued under Sections 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the ‘1894 Act’) for the public purpose, namely “for the construction of Hydel Channel”. Award under Section 11 of the 1894 Act was passed by the Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘the LAC’) on 29.01.1997, whe