R. F. A No. 1199 of 1988 1 In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 1199 of 1988 (O&M) Date of decision : 23.9.2008. Amir Devi and others ..... Appellants vs Land Acquisition Officer, P. W. D. (B & R), Haryana and others ... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellants. Mr. Lekh Raj Nandal, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners have approached this court through the present appeal for further enhancement in the compensation awarded by the learned court below. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 9.11.1982, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State of Haryana acquired 8 Bighas 8 Biswas of land in Village Bhogpur, Tehsil Kalka, District Ambala, for construction of approaches to High Bridge over Kaushalya Nadi. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award dated 20.5.1984 assessed the market value of the land at Rs. 4,800/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Land Acquisition Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 6.6.1988, determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs. 4,285/-per Bigha. On 15.10.2003, this court passed the following order:- “It is stated that appellant No.1 has died. The other appellants do not seem to be available at the addresses which are known to the counsel for the appellants. He, therefore, wants six weeks' time to locate the appellants. Adjourned to 21.1.2004.” R. F. A No. 1199 of 1988 2 When the case was again taken up on 11.8.2004, following order was passed:- “Mr. Sapra states that no reply has been received from his client till date. In the interest of justice, adjourned to 13.10.2004.” Today, when the case was taken up for hearing, no one has appeared for the appellants. Dismissed for non-prosecution. 23.9.2008 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge