R.F.A. No. 19 of 1998 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 19 of 1998 (O&M) Date of decision: 22.12.2011 Jagdev Singh and others .. Appellants Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. S. P. Soi, Advocate for the appellants. Mr. Ashok Aggarwal, Advocate General, Punjab with Mr. Alok Jain, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab. ... Rajesh Bindal J. This order will dispose of RFA Nos. 19, 681 and 682 of 1998, as common questions of law and facts are involved. The facts have been extracted from RFA No. 19 of 1998. The land owners are in appeal seeking enhancement of compensation on account of severance awarded by the court below. Along with the appeal, an application seeking condonation of delay of 2 years, 8 months and 19 days thereof has also been filed. When the case was taken up for hearing on 24.7.1998, it was adjourned on the request of learned counsel for the applicants-appellants to enable him to file additional affidavit in support of the application for condonation of delay. On the next date, the affidavit having not been filed, the case was adjourned sine die with liberty to get the same revived after compliance of order dated 24.7.1998. Till date, no affidavit has been filed. The case has been listed for hearing under the orders of Hon'ble the Chief Justice directing listing of the cases which were adjourned sine die, and the R.F.A. No. 19 of 1998 [2] counsel has not complied with the order passed. As there is no ground made out for condonation of delay of 2 years, 8 months and 19 days in filing the appeal, there is no merit in the application seeking condonation of delay. Even otherwise, a perusal of the impugned award shows that the learned court below had already awarded 50% of the market value of the acquired land falling across the canal and 20% of the value of the land on the other side. The same also does not call for any interference. Accordingly, the applications as well as the appeals are dismissed. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 22.12.2011 mk