JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. L.H Lianhrima learned Sr. counsel for the appellant along with Mrs. Dinari T. Azyu learned counsel for respondents No. 1 and 2.

2. This is a Regular First Appeal against the Judgment and Order dated 24.11.2011 passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge, Aizawl in Money Suit No. 25/2009, wherein the learned trial court had dismissed the Money suit.

3. The appellants case in brief is that the Appellants/Plaintiffs are the land owners who had been developing and maintaining their lands by planting various crops, several fruit bearing trees at Venghnuai, Aizawl. In the meantime, the defendant no 1 issued and displayed HRIATTIRNA (NOTIFICATION) dated 28.12.2005 to the effect that Aizawl– Thenzawl Lunglei road construction had been carried out and damages caused to the land owners would be jointly verified and assessment would be made and compensation would be paid at the earliest. That the Special Land Acquisition Officer (SPLO), PIU, PWD wrote to the Defendant no. 2 dated 24.04.2008, that some villagers' lands and crops had been damaged at down hill side of the project alignment along Aizawl Bypass due to dozing down of debris at many places at the time of excavating pi