1. As all these appeals are arising out of one and same judgment of learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Pusad dated 27.08.2007, they are being decided by this common judgment.

2. Brief facts of the appeals are as follows:

Appellants herein are the original claimants whose lands came to be acquired in Land Acquisition Proceeding No.6/47/1996-1997, by virtue of notification dated 23.03.1997 issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and by common award dated 19.06.2000. Being not satisfied with the amount of compensation as awarded by the Land Acquisition Officer, appellants had earlier approached the Reference Court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act seeking enhanced amounts of compensation in respect of their acquired lands. The Reference Court, to some extent enhanced the compensation. However, being not satisfied with the said enhancement, they have approached before this Court, by filing various appeals under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act.

3. As per the contention of the appellants, their lands were fertile, having black soil and high potentiality. They used to take crops like Cotton, Jowar, Tur, Mung, Sugarcane etc. and some of them had