In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh RFA No. 2814 of 2008 (O&M) Balwant Singh and another .... Appellants vs The State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: None for the appellants. Mr. Yatinder Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. P. K. Gupta, Advocate, for GMADA. 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 trees standing on the acquired land. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the State of Punjab vide notification dated 21.2.2000 issued under Section 4 of the Act, acquired land situated in the revenue estate of Village Sohana, Tehsil and District Mohali, for development as Sectors 76 to 80 in the Urban Estate of S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali. The Land Acquisition Collector assessed the market value of the trees standing on the acquired land. Dissatisfied with the award of the Collector, the landowners/claimants filed objections. On reference under Section 18 of the Act, the learned court below determined the market value of the trees standing on the acquired land by three times as granted by the Collector. It is this award which is impugned in the present appeal. Learned State counsel very fairly submitted that the issue raised in the present appeal is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in RFA No. 3004 of 2006 – Surjit Singh vs State of Punjab and another decided on 2.3.2009. However, as learned counsel for the appellants is not available, the appeal is dismissed in default. 3.8.2010 ( Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge