RFA No. 2439 of 1996 (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 2439 of 1996 (O&M) Date of decision : 13.1.2011 Jagdish and others … Appellants vs State of Haryana and others …. Respondents Present : None for the appellants. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal, J. This order will dispose of appeals, filed by the landowners for enhancement of compensation for the acquired land, bearing RFA Nos. 2439 to 2445 and 2467 of 1996, 227 and 479 of 1997, as the same arise out of common acquisition. Briefly the facts of the case are that the State of Haryana vide notification dated 20.1.1989 published in the Haryana Government Gazette on 31.1.1989 under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”), acquired land situated within the revenue estate of village Kharawar, District Rohtak, for construction of Kharwar bye-pass road. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, 'the Collector’) assessed the fair market value of the acquired land @ ` 60,000/- per acre for nehri and ` 50,000/- per acre for other kinds of land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide impugned award assessed the compensation for the acquired land @ ` 60,000/- per acre. Still dissatisfied, the landowners have challenged the award of the learned court below before this court. No one has appeared for the appellants at the time of hearing. A perusal of the impugned award shows that the landowners had produced on record four sale-deeds. Sale-deed, Ex. P-1, was registered on 26.4.1988, whereby a plot measuring 3 kanals of land was sold at an average price of ` 1,00,000/- per acre. Sale-deed, Ex. P-2 and P-3, were registered in the year 1995, whereas sale-deed, Ex. P-4, was registered in the year 1992. Notification under Section 4 of the Act was issued on 20.1.1989. It has been noticed by the RFA No. 2439 of 1996 (2) learned court below in para 11 of the impugned award, that the land pertaining to Ex. P-1, is located on Delhi-Rohtak Road i.e. National Highway No. 10. The acquisition in the present case was for the purpose of construction of Kharwar bye- pass road. Since learned counsel for the appellants is not available, the appeals are dismissed for non-prosecution. 13.1.2011 (Rajesh Bindal) vs Judge