ORDER

These appeals by special leave arise from the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi made on July 8, 1996 in Letters Patent Appeal No. 97/80 and other cases.

2. Notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894) (for short, the Act ) was published on October 24, 1961 acquiring a large extent of 1669 bighas 18 biswas of land for the planned development of Delhi. The said lands are situated in revenue estate of Posangipur. The Land Acquisition Officer categorised the lands into two blocks-Block A and Block B. He assessed the compensation at the rate of Rs. 1400/- per bigha for Block A and Rs. 1200/- per bigha for Block B. On reference under Section 18, the Additional District Judge by his award and decree dated March 8, 1968 enhanced the compensation to Rs. 3050/- per bigha. On Regular First Appeal, the learned single Judge dismissed the appeal confirming the award of the reference Court. When the LPA was filed, the Division Bench held that the LPA did not lie.

3. In Balbir Singh v. Union of India in RFA No. 214/68 by judgment dated May 14, 1980, the same was taken on merits in the appeal. Similar is the case in SLP (C) No. 17055/9