R.F.A. No. 987 of 1991 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 987 of 1991 (O&M) Date of decision: 21.12.2011 Rakesh Kumar Yadav and another .. Appellants Vs. Haryana State and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: None for the appellants. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. ... Rajesh Bindal J. The land owners are in appeal seeking enhancement of compensation awarded to them by the learned court below for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 7.3.1980, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), State of Haryana sought to acquire land, measuring 23.69 acres, situated in the area of village Sheonathpura, Tehsil & District Narnaul for construction of Nolepur Distributory. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') vide award dated 28.8.1980, assessed compensation @ ` 10,000/- per acre for Nehri kind of land; ` 8,000/- per acre for Barani kind of land; ` 7,000/- per acre for Bhood kind of land and ` 3,000/- per acre for Gair Mumkin kind of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the compensation @ ` 14,000/- per acre. R.F.A. No. 987 of 1991 [2] Learned counsel for the State pointed out that the claim made by the land owners in the present case is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in R.F.A. No. 2772 of 1990 –Om Parkash v. State of Haryana, decided on 2.2.2011, whereby the award of the court below was upheld. Considering the aforesaid judgment of this court, prima facie, no case for enhancement is made out. However, as counsel for the appellants is not available, the appeal is dismissed for non-prosecution. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 21.12.2011 mk