R.S.BACHAWAT, J.

(1) THESE appeals are directed against the orders of the Gujarat High Court passed under Art. 227 of the, Constitution revising the appellate orders of the Bombay Revenue tribunal modifying certain awards of the Special Deputy Collector, Ahmedabad. Claims for compensation under secs. 7 and 14 of the Bombay Taluqdari Abolition Act, 1949 (Bombay Act LXII of 1949) were filed before the Collector by the Taluqdars of certain villages in the district of Ahmedabad. The Collector made his awards of compensation under secs. 7 and 14. The claimants filed appeals before the Revenue tribunal and later petitions under Art. 227 of the Constitution to the High court. The present appeals are filed by the State of Gujarat and some of the claimants. The principal matters in controversy in these appeals, relate to the award of compensation under the heads : (i) difference in Jama and full assessment, (ii) solatium of 15% on the market value, (iii) irrigational bunds tanks and wells and (iv) river and river beds.

(2) EXCELLENT accounts of the history and incidents of the taluqdari tenures are given in Dr. Govind D. Patels Agrarian Reforms in Bombay, 1950, Mr. J. B. Peil