M. Srinivasan, C. J.—The petitioner Company is aggrieved by the award passed by the Land Acquisition Collector (Industries) District Bilaspur on 29-4-1996. In short, the complaint of the petitioner Company is that the compensation fixed by the award is arbitrary and excessive and the award has failed to fake into consideration all the relevant materials. It is also stated by the petitioner that the price has been fixed on imaginary basis, The further contention of the petitioner is that it had no notice whatever at the stage when the evidence was recorded by the Land Acquisition Collector for fixing the price of the land.

2. None of the contentions of the petitioner is sustainable in view of the materials placed before us. We find from the records that the petitioner has had not only notice of the proceedings but also produced evidence before the Land Acquisition Collector. Even in the petition in Para 2, it is admitted as follows : "The petitioner company.......also led evidence in the shape of mutations, sale deeds for fixation of price in respect of land proposed to be acquired for the company Copies of the representations dated 3-4-1995 and 6th of April 1995 by which the