Rachhpal Singh, C.J. - The learned District Judge of Jammu has submitted five cases to this Court for orders. In order to understand the question involved in these cases it is necessary to give a brief history of the cases. It appears that the Government started proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act for the purposes of acquiring certain lands and buildings belonging to Jawahar Singh, Sain Ladha, Guranditta, Romal Singh and Bhagat Ram, situate in Satwari. In accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act (Regulation X of 1990) usual notices of the intention of the Government to acquire these lands were issued to the interested persons and then an enquiry was made by the Collector who made his awards. After this the aboved named five persons filed applications under section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act and prayed to the Collector that the matter be referred for determination to court as they were not satisfied with the amount awarded to them. Thereupon the Collector referred all the cases to the District Judge of Jammu who, according to the Collectors opinion, was the court to whom the references should have been made under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Re

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