LALIT MOHAN SHARMA, J.

1. These two appeals by the State of Bihar are directed against the decision of the court below in two cases, referred under Sec.18 of the Land Acquisition Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act).

2. An area of 25 acres of land, be-ing portion of plot no. 400 of Khata no. 92 in village Behea in Shahabad district (now Bhojpur) was acquired under the provisions of the Act in 1957 and it has been jointly stated before us on behalf of the parties that the notification under Sec. 4 of the Act was made on the 13th March, 1957. The entire acquired area belonged to three cosharers, namely, Shri Parsuram Prasad Verma, the original awardee in F. A. 280 of 1967, Shri Bindhyachal Prasad Verma, the awardee in F.A. 281 of 1967, and one Smt. Ambey Devi. Sri Parsuram Prasad Verma and Shri Bindhyachal Prasad Verma moved the Collector for reference under S. 18 of the Act and the court allowed the re-quest. The case in respect of the valua-tion of 6.25 acres of land belonging to Shri Parsuram Prasad Verma registered as Land Acquisition case No. 111 of 1958 and that in regard to 12.50 acres of land belonging to Shri Bindhyachal Prasad Verma as Land Acquisition case No.