JUDGMENT :

SANDEEP N. BHATT, J.

1. Being aggrieved and dissatisfied, the appellant State has preferred the above referred appeals against the judgment and award dated 21.6.2010 passed by the learned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Godhra at Panchmahals, in the Land Acquisition Reference Cases No.450 of 2008, awarding the additional compensation of Rs.450/- per Sq.Mtr. to the respondents herein.

2. By the impugned common judgment passed in the Land Acquisition Reference Case No.451 of 2008, the Reference Court, in paras 12, 13 and 14, observed, as under :

“12. I have heard both the parties and I have also considered the records on hand. It is the case of the claimants that the lands acquired by the Land Acquisition Officer in present reference applications are fertile lands and it is situated at village Vavdibujarg on Vadodara Godhra Dahod Indore highway and it is hardly at a distance of 2 Kms. from Godhra city which is the headquarter of Panchmahal District. As per the submissions of the claimants the lands were fertile and they were taking 3 crops annually and thereby earning Rs.2,00,000/ p.a after deducting all the agricultural expenses. It also transpires from the deposition of the c