In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2533 of 1993 (O&M) Dharam Singh .. Appellant vs State of Haryana .. Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal. Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal, J. The aforesaid appeal has been filed by the landowner seeking further enhancement of compensation on account of acquisition of land and the superstructure. Briefly, the facts are that the land in question, situated in village Ferozepur Kalan, District Ambala was acquired vide notification dated 30.3.1982 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for development and utilisation of land as commercial area. It was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act on 16.10.1982. The Land Acquisition Collector gave award of ` 20/- per square yard. Aggrieved against the same, the land owners filed objections which were referred to the learned Additional District Judge, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, awarded ` 70/- per square yard for the acquired land and ` 14,000/- for the super structure. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. It is a case where the landowner has failed to adduce evidence to substantiate his claim regarding value of the land as well as superstructure. The learned court below, in the absence of any evidence on behalf of the landowner, had determined the market value of the land on the basis of earlier award dated 23.12.1992, Ex. P3, whereby the market value for the acquired land vide same notification in the same area has been determined at Rs. 70/- per square yard. The same is in conformity with the judgment of this Court in RFA No. 2859 of 1992 – Faquiria vs The State of Haryana, decided on 19.1.1996, whereby this Court had assessed the market value of the land acquired vide same notification @ ` 70/- per square yard. Prima facie, in my view, just and fair compensation has been assessed. Since no one has appeared for the appellant to assist the court, I deem it appropriate to dismiss the appeal in default. Ordered accordingly. 26.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge