( 1 ) ALL these appeals under Sec. 54 of the Land Acquisition act, 1894, (hereinafter referred to as the Act) arise from the judgment and awards dated 29-8-1980 of the learned Judge of the City Civil Court no. 17, Ahmedabad, in Compensation Cases Nos. 1 to 4 of 1979.

( 2 ) SHORT facts of the 4 Reference Cases before the learned City Civil judge were as under : the land under acquisition was of the village Paldi and village shahwadi of City Taluka in the Districts of Ahmedabad. It came to be acquired for the construction of a dam (Right guide Bandh) for the development of water Frontage of river Sabarmati. The notification under sec. 4 of the Act was published on 2/01/1975. Section 6 notification came to be published on 16/10/1975. The Land acquisition Officer after complying with the provisions of the Act, declared his award on 15/03/1978 awarding market rate at Rs. 7/-per sq. mtr. The claimants-appellants challenged the said award by seeking references which were numbered as Compensation Cases as stated above, in the Court of learned City Civil Judge.

( 3 ) ALL the 4 Compensation Cases were heard together. Evidence was adduced before the learned City Civil Judge. The cla