In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 673 of 1992 (O&M) Raghbir Singh and others ..... Appellants vs The State of Haryana and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellants. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below passed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') seeking enhancement of compensation for the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State vide notification dated 3.3.1988 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired the land situated within the revenue estate of Village Mehmadpur, Tehsil and District Karnal, for public purpose. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the fair value of the land at ` 56,000/- per acre. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,15,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. A perusal of the impugned award shows that evidence produced by both the parties in the form of sale-deeds was considered by the learned court below while determining the market value of the acquired land. The sale-deed, Ex. P-1 is dated 19.5.1988 and therefore, rightly not considered by the court below as the same was executed after the issuance of notification under Section 4 of the Act. The other sale-deeds produced by both the parties are either for sale of small portion of land or far away from the acquired land. The compensation granted by the learned court below after considering the evidence produced on record by the parties cannot be said on lower side. However, as no one has appeared for the appellants, the present appeal is dismissed in default. 13.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge