IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.F.A. No. 1916 of 1992 (O&M) Date of decision: 25.8.2010 Jaswant Singh ... Appellant vs. State of Punjab and another ... Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. for the State. Rajesh Bindal J. The land owner is in appeal against the award of the learned court below seeking further enhancement of compensation for the fruit bearing trees standing on the acquired land. Briefly, the facts are that vide notification dated 26.1.1982, issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, `the Act'), the State of Punjab acquired 11.17 acres of land, situated in the revenue limits of village Bairumpur, District Ropar for construction of SYL Canal. Along with the land, trees standing thereon were acquired. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short, `the Collector') assessed the value of the trees. Aggrieved against the award of the Collector, the land owner filed objections which were referred to the learned court below, who keeping in view the material placed on record by the parties, assessed the value of the fruit bearing trees at ` 12,000/-. The case was shown up in the taken up list on 23.8.2010, 24.8.2010 and today as well. However, no one has appeared for the appellant. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed in default. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 25.8.2010 mk