R. F. A. No. 70 of 1997 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A. No. 70 of 1997 (O&M) Date of decision : 16.7.2010 Paarat Singh and another ..... Appellants vs State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellants. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners have filed the present appeal against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that land situated in Village Majri, Tehsil Bahadurgarh, District Rohtak was acquired vide notifications dated 20.11.1988, issued under Section 4 of the Act for construction of Gurgaon Water Supply Channel From R. D. 44 K. M. To 58 K. M. Notification under Section 6 of the Act was issued on 17.1.1989. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 60,000/- per acre for nehri/chahi, ` 50,000/- per acre for barani and ` 30,000/- per acre for bhund and gair mumkin kinds of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who on the basis of earlier award dated 15.6.1993, Ex. PX, pertaining to land of village Jasaur Kheri, acquired vide notification dated 18/20.11.1988, determined the market value @ ` 96,000/- per acre for nehri, ` 65,000/- per acre for barani and ` 48,000/- per acre for bhund and gair mumkin kinds of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned State counsel submitted that the claim made by the appellants in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 3466 of 1993 titled as Sardara vs State of Haryana and another, decided on 7.11.2008, whereby the appeals filed by the landowners were dismissed, and award of the learned court below was upheld. R. F. A. No. 70 of 1997 2 A perusal of aforesaid judgment shows that issue dealt with therein was regarding determination of fair value of the land acquired in Village Jasaur Kheri on the basis of which the value of land acquired in question was assessed by the learned court below. Since this court has upheld the award of the learned court below, the claim of the appellants in the present appeal for further enhancement of compensation prima facie does not survive. However, still as learned counsel for the appellants is not available, the appeal is dismissed in default. 16.7.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge