In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 267 of 1991 (O&M) Dalbir Singh ... Appellant vs Union of India and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Brijeshwar Singh Kanwar, Advocate, for Union of India. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner is in 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 Punjab vide notification dated 11.7.1977 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Kathania, Tehsil and District Amritsar, for public purpose. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 10/- per square yard for the land within lal lakir and ` 5,000/- per acre for the remaining land. The landowners filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, determined the market value of the land at ` 54,450/- per acre and ` 675/- for the hand pump. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned counsel for the respondent submitted that the amount of compensation has been finally determined by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal Nos. 3343-3554/1999 Union of India vs Harinder Pal Singh and others, decided on 26.10.2005, for the land acquired vide same notification @ ` 40,000/- per acre. No one has appeared for the appellant. It seems that the appellant is not interested in pursing his appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed in default. 23.12.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge