JUDGMENT :

AJAY MOHAN GOEL, J.

1. With the consent of the parties, all these five petitions are being disposed of by a common order. In all these petitions, the prayer is to extend the time for completion of the arbitral proceedings so as to enable learned Arbitral Tribunal to pass the Award.

2. The arbitral disputes arise out of the land acquisition in District Bilaspur, H.P. for the purpose of construction of the National Highway, land for which has been acquired under the provisions of National Highways Act, 1956. The land of the petitioners has been acquired in these cases in terms of the following awards: