JUDGMENT :

VIKRAM NATH, J.

1. Application for substitution is allowed.

2. Leave granted.

3. The present appeals assail the correctness of common judgment and order of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh dated 01.06.2016, whereby the appeal filed by Respondent No.1 (RFA No. 295 of 2005) was partly allowed, and the appeals filed by the appellant and State of Haryana (respondent No.2) (RFA No. 2400 of 2004 and RFA No. 2522 of 2004) were dismissed, raising the amount of compensation to Rs.493/- per square yard on the date of notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894¹[In short, ‘1894 Act’]. The basis for the same being cumulative annual increase at the rate of 15% for a period of 11 years. The base figure was taken from an order of Reference Court dated 30.08.2000 relating to acquisition of land of the same village Naraingarh of the year 1989, and the period of 11 years being counted from 1989 to 2000, the year of the notification dated 10.11.2000 issued under Section 4 of the 1894 Act.

4. Relevant facts for deciding the present appeals are as follows:

i) Notification was issued under Section 4 of the 1894 Act on 10.11.2000 for acquiring land measuring 80 Ka