Smt. Abhilasha Kumari, J.—These appeals have been filed by the appellants (original defendants Nos. 1 to 8) against the common judgment and decree dated 25-10-2007 passed by the City Civil Court, Ahmedabad in Civil Suit No. 3091 of 2001 and cognate matters, whereby the Suits filed by the plaintiffs (respondents in the present group of appeals and appellants in the Cross Appeals) have been partly-allowed, and it has been held that the plaintiffs are entitled to recover an amount of Rs. 2,00,000/- (Rupees two lacs) with interest at the rate of 5% per annum, from the date of the Suit till realization, from defendants Nos. 1 to 8, jointly and severally, with costs quantified at Rs. 5000/-. The appellants of Cross Appeals Nos. 319 to 340 of 2009 are the original plaintiffs in the Suits and their claim is for enhancement of the compensation, awarded by the Trial Court. As common questions of law and facts arise for consideration, they are being considered and decided by a common judgment.

2. Appellant No. 1 (original defendant No. 1) is Shriram Education Trust, a Trust Registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950, which is running Shri Swaminarayan Vidhyamandir Higher Secon