In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh R. F. A No. 3164 of 1993 (O&M) Surinder Kumar and another ..... Appellants vs State of Punjab and another ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellants. Mr. Palvinder Singh, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The landowners are 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 of Punjab vide notification dated 11.3.1987 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired the land situated in revenue estate of Village Dhabali, Had Bast No. 39, Tehsil Rajpura, District Patiala, for construction of Mirzapur Distributory from R. D. 4202 to 8727 meters. The Land Acquisition Collector, SYL Canal Project, Punjab, Patiala, assessed the market value of land at Rs. 60,000/- per acre. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below enhanced to Rs. 1 lac per acre. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned State counsel submitted that the claim made in the present appeal is squarely covered by judgment of this court in RFA No. 1571 of 1993 State of Punjab through Land Acquisition Collector vs Surinder Kumar and another, decided on 12.8.2009, whereby award of the Reference Court was upheld. Since the award of the learned court below has already been upheld by this court in the aforesaid appeal, the present appeal prima facie does not survive, however, as no one has appeared for the appellants, the appeal is dismissed for non-prosecution. 13.1.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge