( 1 ) THIS judgment will dispose of Civil Appeals Nos. 1424 to 1431 of 1986, 1433 to 1457 of 1986, 1458 to 1482 of 1986, 1483 of 1986 to 1507 of 1986, 1508 of 1986 to 1532 of 1986, 1535 to 1559 of 1986, 1610 to 1634 of 1986 relating to village Veratia in District Jamnagar. The aforesaid lands were acquired for the purposes of Und Irrigation Scheme under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act. Notification under Sec. 4 was issued on 30-11-1978 which was followed by Sec. 6 Notification on 17th july, 1980 and the award was made by the Land Acquisition Collector on 27-3-1981. By the said award a sum of Rs. 2. 50 per square metre was offered to the claimants for open land. Some of the land had construction upon it. The land Acquisition Collector relied upon a report of the Deputy Engineer, who had categorised the houses which had been constructed, into four different categories. On the basis of the said report a sum of Rs. 231 per square metre was awarded in respect of category "a", Rs. 144. 00 per square metre was awarded in respect of category "b", Rs. 126/ - per square metre was awarded in respect of category "c" and Rs. 99. 00 per square metre was awarded in resp