In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A. No. 931 of 1985 (O&M) Ram Bhagat and others ..... Appellants vs The State of Haryana ..... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellants. Mr. D. D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below seeking enhancement of compensation on account of acquisition of land. Briefly, the facts are that land of the claimants situated within District Bhiwani, was acquired vide notification dated 8.12.1971, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, by the State of Haryana for Drainage Scheme at Bhiwani. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the compensation @ of Rs. 3,200/- per acre for Tal and Abi land and Rs. 2,400/- per acre for Gair mumkin johar. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners filed objections. The learned court below, on reference under Section 18 of the Act, enhanced the compensation to Rs. 12,800/- per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned State counsel submitted that the claim made by the appellants in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this court in RFA. No. 1303 of 1981 – Raghbir Singh vs The State of Haryana, decided on 11.3.2004, whereby the appeals filed by the landowners were dismissed, and award of the learned court below was upheld. A perusal of aforesaid judgment shows that issue dealt with therein was regarding determination of fair value of the land acquired vide notification dated 8.12.1971. Since this court has upheld the award of the learned court below, the claim of the appellants in the present appeal for further enhancement of compensation prima facie does not survive. However, still as learned counsel for the appellants is not available, the appeal is dismissed in default. 12.7.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge