JUDGMENT

ANIL R. DAVE, J.

1. Delay condoned.

2. Leave granted in all the special leave petitions.

3. Being aggrieved by the judgment dated 6th November, 2009, delivered in Regular First Appeal No. 950 of 1996 and other First Appeals delivered by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh, these appeals have been filed by the persons whose lands had been acquired for the purpose of construction of a sector road under the Bahadurgarh Scheme. The appellants are challenging the judgment on the ground that the amount of compensation awarded to them is much lesser than what should have been awarded to them.

4. For the purpose of construction of the road, approximately 7 bighas land was to be acquired and for the said purpose, necessary Notification under the provision of Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) read with Section 17 had been published on 8th April, 1991, as the land was required immediately.

5. The land which was acquired for the purpose of construction of the road was Nehri (irrigated) as well as gair mumkin (waste land). The Land Acquisition Collector, by virtue of his award dated 9th March, 1992, awarded compensation at the rat