In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 566 of 1993 and Cross-Objection No. 62/CI of 1993 (O&M) The State of Punjab and another ... Appellants vs Nachhattar Singh and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. None for the cross-objectors/respondents. Rajesh Bindal J. The State of Punjab is in appeal appeal before this Court against the award passed by learned court below seeking reduction in the amount of compensation awarded by the learned court below whereas by filing the cross- objections, the landowners are seeking further enhancement of compensation. Briefly, the facts are that State of Punjab vide notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act') acquired land situated within the revenue estate of village Lakhmipur, Tehsil and District Ropar for construction over bridge on SYL Canal. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') vide his award dated 30.11.1987 assessed the compensation @ ` 50,000/- per acre. The landowners filed objections which were referred to the learned Court below for consideration, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, determined the market value of the land @ ` 80,000/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned by both the parties. A perusal of the paper-book shows that dispute sought to be raised by the appellants in the present appeal is merely ` 8,854.17 paise and the acquisition having taken place more than 25 years back, I do not find any reason to interfere at this stage. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. Since no one has appeared for the cross-objectors/respondents in support of the claim made in the cross-objections, the same are dismissed in default. 27.7.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge