In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 759 of 1992 (O&M) Harbhajan Singh and others ..... Appellants vs The State of Haryana ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. G. S. Bawa, Advocate, for the appellants. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State vide notification issued on 11.11.1988 and published on 22.11.1988 under Section 4 of the Act, acquired the land situated within the revenue estate of Village Jiwan Nagar Patti Sant Nagar, District Sirsa, for construction of a parallel channel right side along the northern Ghaggar Canal from RD No. 2700 to RD 95000 taking off at Ottu lake. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the fair value of acquired land @ ` 35,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below upheld the award of the Collector and dismissed the claim of the landowners. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. The evidence led by the landowners in support of their claim in the form of sale-deeds was of no use as they have not produced any site plan or aks- shajra on record to show the exact location of the sale-deeds produced by them viz-a-vis the acquired land. The onus to prove the value of the acquired land was on the appellants which they have failed to prove. As there was no other evidence available on record, the court below has no other option but to dismiss the reference. Considering the evidence available on record, no case for further increase is made out. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. 13.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge