( 1 ). These are two appeals both filed under: section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the Act ) against a common judgment dated 14 February 1969 of the learned Additional District Judge (A. D. J. ). The A. D. J. had given his judgment on a reference made to him under sections 30 and 31 of the Act. This was done by the Award No. 1426 dated 28 November 1962 of the Land Acquisition Collector I, Delhi ( collector for short ). The A. D. J. said that appellants in both the appeals shall be entitled to 50% of the amount of compensation awarded by the Collector in his aforesaid award, and rest of the amount of compensation, he said, would be sent back to the Collector.

( 2 ). A chunk of land in village Rajpur Chhawni, Delhi, was notified to be acquired under section 4 of the Act. After necessasry declaration and notifications under the Act the Award No. 1426 was made on 28 November 1962. The Collector arrived at a particular figure of compensation which in his opinion was to be allowed for the acquired land. In respect of the lands of the appellants the Collector found that they were old tenants on the Government land and yet claimed that whole of the co