JUDGMENT

A. S. Chandurkar, J. - This appeal filed under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, the said Act) takes exception to the judgment dated 07/12/2015 passed in L.A.R. No.95/2011 by the Reference Court. By thesaid judgment the Reference Court has partly enhanced the amount of compensation for the acquisition of the appellant's land to Rs. 18,00,000/-per hectare with other statutory benefits. The appellant not being satisfied with the quantum of enhancement has preferred the present appeal.

2. The facts relevant for adjudicating the present appeal are that the appellant is owner of field Survey No.33/2 admeasuring 3H 90R. The said land is situated at mouza Telhara, District Nagpur. The notification under Section 4 of the said Act was issued on 08/06/2007 and the said land was proposed to be acquired for development of MIHAN project. The Land Acquisition Officer passed his award on 28/06/2010 and granted compensation for the acquired land at the rate of Rs.6,00,000/- per hectare. While granting this compensation the land was treated as seasonally irrigated land. The appellant not being satisfied with the compensation as awarded preferred a reference under Secti