In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2321 of 1989 (O&M) Mukhwant Singh ... Appellant vs State of Punjab ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The landlowner is in appeal before this Court against the award passed by learned court below seeking enhancement of compensation for the superstructures existing on the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that State of Punjab vide notification dated 15.1.1976 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Tafazzalpura, District Patiala, for setting up of an Urban Estate. The Land Acquisition Collector announced his award on 25.2.1983 for the superstructures. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowner filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, enhanced the compensation to ` 50,000/-. Still dissatisfied with the award, the landowner is in appeal before this court. A perusal of the paper-book shows that before the learned court below, the landowner submitted the estimate of ` 76,625.51 for the superstructure, whereas the respondent department had produced estimate of ` 25,440/-. These estimates were made by the parties as per guess work and not as per any material evidence. The learned court below has granted compensation by applying thumb rule which, prima facie cannot be said on lower side. However, as learned counsel for the appellant is not present, the appeal is dismissed in default. 10.1.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge