IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 5484 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 17.05.2011 Ashwani and others ...Appellants Versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellants. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. Challenge in the present appeal is to the award dated 14.05.2009 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Kaithal. Land owners are in appeal seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that State Government vide notification dated 9.8.2002, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), sought to acquire the land measuring 294.08 acre for commercial, residential and Institutional Sector-21, Kaithal. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, “the Collector”) vide award dated 05.08.2005 assessed the total value of the acquired land ` 5,00,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of Act, the learned court below assessed the compensation @ ` 280/- per square yard. A perusal of the paperbook shows that the claim made in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA No. 254 of 2008 titled as Parveen Kumari Vs. State of Haryana and others decided on 4.4.2011, whereby the award of the learned court below was upheld. As no one has appeared for the landowners, the appeal is dismissed for non-prosecution. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 17.05.2011 sharmila