ORDER :

1. Leave granted.

2. The appellants are the claimants and being dissatisfied with the amount of compensation awarded by the Division Bench of the High Court under the impugned judgment, have approached this Court by filing these instant appeals.

3. The subject lands in question are situated at Villages Pansar, Dhamasana and Isand which came to be acquired under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter being referred to as the “Act”) for the public purpose for ONGC. The notification under Section 4 of the Act came to be published and after going through the procedure prescribed under law, the Special Land Acquisition Officer awarded compensation under Section 11 of the Act.

4. Upon reference being made by the appellants-claimants in respect of the lands acquired at Villages Pansar/Dhamasana/Isand, the Reference Court awarded additional compensation, over and above the compensation awarded by the Special Land Acquisition Officer, ONGC, Ahmedabad, under its respective orders along with interest and other statutory benefits under Section 23(1)(A) of the Act.

5. The orders passed by the Reference Court came to be challenged by respondent no.1 (ONGC) before the Hi