ORDER

1. The notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, the Act) acquiring a large extent of land for development of Delhi city was published on 6-4-1964. The Land Acquisition Officer awarded compensation @ Rs 5000 and Rs 4500 per bigha by his award No. 87 of 1980-81. On reference, the civil court, viz., the Additional District Judge, enhanced it by his award and decree dated 30-8-1983 to Rs 7260 and Rs 7000 per bigha respectively. On appeal, the High Court by the impugned judgment dated 22-8-1989 made in RFA No. 52 of 1989 and batch uniformly enhanced the market value to Rs 12,000 per bigha. Feeling aggrieved, this petition has been filed for further enhancement to Rs 25,000 per bigha.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioners states that these lands relate to Village Madanpur Khadar. He contends that for the adjacent lands in Village Badarpur and Molarband, the reference court and the High Court enhanced the compensation to Rs 43,000 per bigha etc. Therefore, the High Court was not justified in confining the market value to Rs 12,000 per bigha.

3. We have gone through the judgments in those cases. Reliance was placed on the circular, issued obviou