In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2724 of 1993 (O&M) Tela Singh and another ... Appellant vs The 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. This order shall dispose of appeals bearing RFA Nos. 2724, 3337 of 1993, 195, 754, 818, 891, 1053, 1054, 1443, and 2097 of 1994, as the same arise out of common acquisition. 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 of Punjab vide notification dated 24.3.1988 issued under Section 4 of the Act acquired the land situated within the revenue estate of Village Chando Gobindgarh, Hadbast No. 179, Tehsil Kharar, District Ropar, for construction of High Level Distributory. The Land Acquisition Collector vide award dated 6.6.1990 assessed the market value of the acquired land @ ` 60,000/- per acre for chahi, ` 45,000/- per acre for barani and ` 36,000/- per acre for gair mumkin kind 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 determined the market value of the acquired land @ ` 1,00,000/- per acre for chahi kind of land. It is this award which is impugned in the present set of appeals. No one has appeared for the appellants at the time of hearing. A perusal of the impugned award shows that the court below has assessed the market value of the acquired land after considering the evidence led by the parties which, prima facie, does not call for any interference. However, as no one has appeared for the appellants, the appeals are dismissed in default. 14.12.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge