In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A. No. 1398 of 1988 (O&M) Date of decision : 5.11.2008 Gauri Shankar Lohia .... Appellant vs State of Haryana .... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Navneet Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner has filed the present appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for acquisition of land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 13.9.1974 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”), the State of Haryana acquired the land for construction of Loco shed by the Railways at Bhiwani. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the land at Rs. 30,000/- per acre. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 30.5.1988, determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 13.50 per square yard. No one has appeared for the appellant. A perusal of the impugned award shows that the learned court below has relied upon an earlier award pertaining to the same acquisition. Even learned counsel for the State has not pointed out as to whether any further appeal was filed against the earlier award relied upon by the learned court below in the present case. As the status of the earlier award which has been relied upon by the learned court below in the present appeal is not produced before this court by either of the parties, in the absence thereof, prima-facie, I do not find any merit in the present appeal as there is no independent evidence on record to show fair value of the land. However, as the counsel for the appellant is not present, the present appeal is dismissed for non-prosecution. 5.11.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge