ARUN KUMAR GOEL, J.— Since all the aforesaid appeals have arisen out of common award, as such we propose to take up and dispose of these appeals together and by a common judgment.

2. Brief facts of this case are that land was proposed to be acquired for public purpose namely, for construction of National Highway-21 and for this purpose Notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) was issued vide Notification SE-VI/1A Padoh/G-V-1963 8-42, dated 23-1-1983 by Himachal Pradesh Government in its public works Department under Sections 6 and 7 was issued on 24\1\1983. There were followed by futher notice U\S. 9 of Land Acquistion Act to the persons interested, who appeared before the Land Acquisition Collector. Total land sought to be acquired was 9-2-13 bighas and was of different qualities, viz., Barani-I 6-3-10 bighas, Barani-11 1-8-5 bighas, Banjar Kadim 0-0-9 bighas, Gair Mumkin 1-8-17 bighas and Kharater 0-1-12 bighas. Market value of the land on the date of notification under Section 4 was assessed quality-wise by the Land Acquisition Collector whereby rate of Barani-I was fixed at Rs. 9,140/- per bigha, Barani-11 was f