JUDGMENT- R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR, J.:---Heard the learned Advocates for respective parties.

2. A common question of law and facts arises in all these appeals therefore, they were heard together and are being disposed by this common judgment. The State being aggrieved by the common award passed in Land Acquisition Reference Nos. 317/78, 325/78, 320/78, 322/78 and 324/78 are being challenged in these First Appeal Nos. 121/80, 124/80, 125/80, 126/80 and 652/81 respectively. The challenge to the award is mainly on the ground that the Reference Court has granted enhancement of the compensation without there being sufficient evidence placed on record by the respondent-claimants to justify such enhancement. According to the appellants, there is no sufficient material on record to support claim of the respondents for enhancement of the compensation over and above grant by the Land Acquisition Officer to the respondents in respect of their respective plots, which were acquired under the notification under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 dated 21st July, 1973. The land acquired is from villages Lamthana and Chincholi-Jogan, which are stated to be situated at a distance of about one m

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