IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 1615 of 1995 (O&M) Date of Decision: 10.03.2026 State of Punjab and another ...Appellants Versus Ladoo Ram and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Present: Mr. Gunjan Mehta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the appellant(s)-State of Punjab.

Mr. Pritam Singh Saini, Advocate for the respondents-landowners.

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HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL)

The appellants, by instituting the present appeals preferred under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “1894 Act”), seek setting aside of awards dated 24.02.1995 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Patiala (hereinafter to be referred as “Reference Court”) while restoring the Award passed by the Land Acquisition Collector (for short “LAC”)

[2] Briefly, the facts are that in pursuance of Punjab Govt. Notification under Sections 4 & 6 of the 1894 Act both issued on 09.03.1987, certain land of the respondents- landowners, situated within the revenue estate of Village Manakpur, Tehsil Rajpura and District Patiala, was acquired.

The acquisition was made for public purpose, namely, “for SYL Canal Project”. The LAC, vide supplementary A