In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 499 of 1994 (O&M) Parma Nand ... Appellant vs The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner is in appeal appeal before this Court against the award passed by learned court below seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that State of Haryana vide notification dated 13.3.1981 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 acquired land situated within the revenue estate of village Naharpur, Tehsil Jagadhri, District Yamuna Nagar, for allotment of plots to the landless harijans free of costs under Twenty Point Programme Scheme. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') vide his award dated 28.2.1986 assessed the compensation @ ` 11,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference, the learned Court below, on the basis of material placed on record by the parties, determined the market value of the land @ ` 32,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. As per office report, the notice issued to the appellant on account of the fact the counsel who had filed the appeal had expired, has been received back with the report that he is not residing at the given address. In view of the above, this court does not have any other option but to dismiss the appeal in default. Ordered accordingly. 15.9.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge