R.F.A. No. 252 of 1990 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 252 of 1990 (O&M) Date of decision: 27.1.2011 Darga Singh and another .. Appellants v. State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: None for the appellants. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. ... Rajesh Bindal J. The land owners are in appeal seeking further enhancement of compensation for the acquired land awarded by the learned court below. Briefly, the facts of the case are that vide notification dated 29.8.1981, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), State of Punjab acquired the land in village Tafazalpura, District Patiala for setting up Diesel Components Workshop and its residential colony and roads at Patiala. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector'), vide his award dated 6.3.1985, assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 50,000/- per acre for the portion falling on western side of Patiala nadi and ` 40,000/- per acre for the area falling on eastern side of Patiala Nadi. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the land owners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,67,000/- per acre. A perusal of the impugned award shows that the learned court below relied upon a judgment of this court in R.F.A. No. 1039 of 1985 –Dr. R.F.A. No. 252 of 1990 [2] Parma Nand v. State of Punjab and others, decided on 30.4.1987 and assessed the compensation for the acquired land @ 1,67,000/- per acre. As the assessment of compensation in the present case is on the basis of judgment of this court pertaining to same acquisition, prima facie I do not find any reason to interfere with the impugned award. However, as learned counsel for the appellant is not available, the appeal is dismissed in default. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 27.1.2011 mk