R. F. A No. 1348 of 1993 (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 1348 of 1993 (O&M) Date of decision : 20.4.2011 Brij Narain (since deceased) through LRs ... Appellant vs State of Haryana and another .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner has filed the present appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 5.7.1982, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired land situated in Hadbast No. 1 Karnal, for development and utilisation thereof as residential and commercial area in Sector-8, Karnal. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector') assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 80,000/- per acre for nehri, ` 50,000/- 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 determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 41/- per square yard. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. At the time of hearing no one has appeared for the appellant. It is not disputed by learned State counsel that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in Dr. Rajwant Singh (died) through LRs vs State of Haryana, reported as 2008 (2) RCR (Civil) 780, whereby the compensation payable for acquisition of land was further enhanced. R. F. A No. 1348 of 1993 (2) For the detailed reasons recorded in Dr. Rajwant Singh's case (supra), the present appeal is disposed of in the same terms. As no one has appeared for the appellant, copy of this order be sent to the appellant for information. 20.4.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge