In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 297 of 1994 (O&M) Gram Panchayat, Badhi Majra ..... Appellant vs The State of Haryana ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. Gram Panchayat, Badhi Majra, is in appeal before this court 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 of the case are that vide notification dated 30.12.1981 issued under Section 4 of the Act and published on 9.2.1992 in the Government Gazettee, the State of Haryana acquired the land situated within the revenue estate of Village Badhi Majra, Hadbast No. 126, Tehsil Jagadhri, District Yamuna Nagar for construction of Link Road from Badhi Majra to Gadhauli. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 28.1.1986 assessed the fair value of the acquired land @ ` 24,000/- per acre for chahi and bagh chahi, ` 16,000/- for barani, ` 8,000/- for gair mumkin school and banjar qadeem kind of land and ` 4,000/- for gair mumkin sarak. 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 @ ` 30,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. The appellant in the present case is Gram Panchayat of village Badhi Majra. The land was acquired for construction of link road from village Badhi Majra to Gadhauli. The Gram Panchayat works for the welfare of the people of the village and the land acquired in the present case was also for the benefits of the public. Moreover, a perusal of the paper-book shows that the evidence was led by appellant vide which it can be said the market value assessed by the court below, was not such that on consideration thereof it could be opined that the value as assessed by the learned court below, is on lower side. However, as no one has appeared for the appellant, the present appeal is dismissed in default. 30.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge