JUDGMENT

Variava, J.-Leave granted in Special Leave Petitions.

All these Appeals can be disposed of by this common order as all these Appeals challenge Judgments passed by the High Court in land acquisition proceedings arising out of the same Notification.

2. The facts are identical. Facts as taken from C.A.Nos. 8657-8680/2001 are as follows :

The State of Haryana has been acquiring large areas for development of Gurgaon. A number of acquisition proceedings have been initiated since 1983. We are concerned with acquisition proceedings arising out of a Section 4 Notification issued on 20th April 1990. The lands proposed to be acquired were as follows :

Village Area (in acres)

Jharsa 475.51

Kanhai 579.81

Binderpur 43.81

Shamashpur 49.78

Section 6 Notification was issued on 18th April, 1991. The Award was passed on 23rd March 1993. A number of claimants were dissatisfied with the amounts awarded and preferred References under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act. In all 152 References were filed. In all the References more or less, common evidence was led and common questions of law were argued. All these References were answered