R.F.A. No. 707 of 1988 [ 1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 707 of 1988 Date of decision: September 08 , 2008 Gulzar Singh and others .. Appellants v. State of Punjab and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: None for the appellants. Mr. Manohar Lall, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the respondents. Rajesh Bindal J. The appellants are in appeal before this Court against award dated 4.1.1988 passed by learned District Judge, Patiala, whereby the learned Court below awarded Rs. 1,67,000/- per acre as compensation for the acquired land. Prayer in the appeal is for enhancement of the compensation. Briefly, the facts are that land measuring 65 bighas and 4 biswas comprising of Chahi and Gair Mumkin land situated in Village Rasoolpur Saidan was acquired vide notification dated 29.8.1981 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') for setting up of Diesel Components Workshop and its residential colony. It was followed by notification under Section 6 of the Act on 4.2.1982. The Land Acquisition Collector gave award of Rs. 80,000/- per acre. Aggrieved against the same, the land owners filed objections which were referred to the learned District Judge, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, awarded Rs. 1,67,000/- per acre as compensation for the acquired land. The learned Court below while determining the value of the land under acquisition relied upon a judgment of this Court in R.F.A. No. 741 of 1985 -Gulzar Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others, decided on 30.4.1987, wherein on account of acquisition of land vide same notification, the compensation was assessed at Rs. 1,67,000/- per acre. As the same amount of compensation has been paid to the appellants in the present appeal, no further enhancement is possible as nothing could be pointed out as to whether judgment of this Court in Gulzar Singh's case (supra) was further appealed against and the compensation was enhanced. R.F.A. No. 707 of 1988 [ 2] As the counsel for the appellants is not available to assist the Court, I deem it appropriate to dismiss the appeal in default. Ordered accordingly. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge September 08, 2008 mk