JUDGMENT :

M.R. Shah, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned common judgment and order dated 18.10.2019 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in Regular First Appeal (RFA) No. 1100/2013 and other allied first appeals, by which, the High Court has allowed the said first appeals in part preferred by the original land owners and has enhanced the amount of compensation for the lands acquired at Rs. 2,98,54,720/­ per acre with all other statutory benefits, the State of Haryana has preferred the present appeals.

2. The facts leading to the present appeals in a nutshell are as under: ­

2.1 That approximately 58 acres of large chunk of lands situated at village Kherki, Majra came to be acquired for the public purpose under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The land acquisition officer declared the awards. At the instance of the original land owners, references under Section 18 of the Act, 1894 were made. The reference court enhanced the compensation for notification dated 13.01.2010 to Rs. 1,56,24,000/­ per acre from Rs. 60 lakhs per acre as awarded by the land acquisition officer. The appeals preferred by the State against the judgmen