RFA No. 3717 of 1992 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 3717 of 1992 (O&M) Date of decision : 13.12.2011 Chiranji Lal Gupta (deceased) through Legal representatives ..... Appellant vs State of Haryana and others ... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellant (s). Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. This order shall dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 3717 to 3719 of 1992 and 3038 of 1993, as common questions of law and facts are involved in these appeals. By filing the present appeal, the landowners are seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 6/7.4.1983, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana, sought to acquire 13 kanals 12 marlas of land situated within the revenue estate village Kalayat, District Kaithal, for construction of a warehouse. The Land Acquisition Collector vide award dated 7.3.1984 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 70,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 12.10.1992, dismissed the same. It is this award which is challenged in the present set of appeals. RFA No. 3717 of 1992 (2) No one has appeared for the appellants at the time of hearing. A perusal of the impugned award shows that inspite of grant of numerous opportunities, no evidence was led by both the parties and the court below closed their evidence vide order dated 27.10.1989. Thereafter, the reference was dismissed and the award of the Collector was upheld. Once there was no evidence produced on record by the landowners to justify their claim that the award of the Collector was not just and fair, prima-facie, I do not find that any illegality has been committed by the court below in dismissing the references. RFA No. 3712 of 1992 - Moti Ram vs State of Haryana and another arising out of same acquisition was dismissed by this court vide order dated 13.9.2010. However, as no one has appeared for the landowners, the appeals are dismissed in default. 13.12.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge