Judgment

V.N. Khare, J.-Leave granted.

This group of Civil Appeals is directed against the judgment of a Division Bench of Delhi High Court and the questions involved therein relate to the quantum of compensation with regard to acquisition of appellants’ land situated in village Rangpuri @ Malikpur Kohi, Delhi. Since common questions of fact and law are involved in this group of appeals, we propose to decide them by a common judgment noticing the fact of the case appearing on the record of Civil Appeal No. 7690 of 1994.

2. A large tract of land in village Rangpuri near Palam Airport was notified for acquisition vide notification dated 23.1.1965 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (hereinafter re­ferred to as the “Act”) for planned development of Delhi. Simultane­ously, notifications dated 23-1-1965 were also issued for acquisition of land in villages Masoodpur and Mahipalpur. Some plots of land of village Rangpuri were acquired vide Award No. 1958/67 dated 16.3.1967. The Land Acquisition Collector while assessing the market value of the acquired land covered by the aforesaid Award, divided the said land into three blocks and fixed Rs. 800/-, Rs. 600/- and Rs. 400/