In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R.F.A. No. 1292 of 1991 (O&M) Santokh Singh and others ..... Appellants 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. The claimants are in appeal before this court against the award of the learned court below seeking further enhancement of compensation for the structures existing on the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that State of Punjab acquired the land along with superstructures, fruit/non-fruit bearing trees situated in revenue estates of Village Madanpur,Tehsil Kharar, District Ropar, for public purpose. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the compensation for the structure at ` 25,416/-. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the claimants filed objections claiming compensation of ` 85,000/-. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below vide award dated 20.12.1990 determined the market value of the structure at ` 43,744/-. It is this award which is impugned before this court. A perusal of the impugned award shows that though the claimants claimed compensation of ` 85,000/- for superstructures but as per their own expert witness, PW1 Som Nath Saini, the total value of the structure was ` 50,114/-. As per the original assessment made by RW1 G. S. Bhatia, the value of the structure in question was ` 43,744/- which was reduced by the Collector to ` 25,416/-. As there was not much difference between the valuation prepared by the claimants' expert and the Government agency, the court below granted ` 43,744/-, which cannot be said on lower side. As in such cases exact mathematical calculation is not possible. 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. 17.8.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge