In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 889 of 1992 (O&M) Smt. Dropadi Devi ..... Appellant vs The State of Haryana ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Ashish Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowner is 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 13.6.1979 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired the land situated within the revenue estate of Village Narainpur, Tehsil Naraingarh, District Ambala, for construction of “Bundh” for the projection of village Narainpur. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the fair value of different kinds of land at different rates. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below upheld the award of the Collector and dismissed the claim of the landowners. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. The only evidence produced by the landowners in support of their claim is sale-deed, Ex. P-1, vide which two kanals of land was sold for a consideration of ` 10,000/- on 21.11.1983. This sale-deed cannot be considered as evidence under the Act as the same was executed after the issuance of notification under Section 4 of the Act. No other sale transaction was produced by which the court below could determined the value of the acquired land. As there was no other evidence available on record, the court below has no other option but to dismiss the reference. Considering the evidence available on record, prima-facie, no case for further increase is made out. However, as no one has appeared for the appellants, the present appeal is dismissed in default. 13.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge