Judgment

VARDARAJAN, J.:- These appeals by certificate we directed against the judgment of a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court in Regular First Appeals 55 and 56 of 1963 filed against the judgment dated 24-7-1961 of the Additional District Judge, Delhi in reference made, by the first respondent Sewa Ram under S. 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 which was treated as a reference under S. 32 of that Act. Pursuant to a notification issued under S. 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in February or March, 1955, 2626 bighas and 14 biswas of land situate in Khampur village beyond Alipur on the Karnal road was acquired for the construction of a shortwave transmitter for the All India Radio. Various persons including the appellants in these appeals put forward claims for compensation, some of them claiming as owners of some pieces of the land, some as non-occupancy tenants and some as sub-tenants inducted by tenants or mortgagees. The Collector considered the claims and passed an Award dated 27-2-1965 (1956?) and a supplementary Award dated 13-3-1965 (1956?). Some of the tenants objected to the award of compensation to the landlords on the ground that under S. 8 of the Delhi Land Re