JUDGMENT :

N. Kotiswar Singh, J.

1. The present appeal has been filed against the order dated 03.05.2023 passed by the Ld. Single Judge in WP(C) No.175/2023, by which the learned Single Judge declined to interfere with the Award passed under the Land Acquisition Act, Svt. 1990, (hereinafter referred to as the Act of 1990)even though it gave a finding that the notification issued by the authorities under Section 4(1) of the Act of 1990, is not tenable in law and the relevant law that was applicable for the acquisition of proprietary land of the petitioner appellants in the year 2022 was the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCTLARR Act) and disposed of the writ petition by enhancing the compensation payable to the petitioner appellants under the award by 20%.

2. The case set up by the appellants is that they are the owners in possession of land measuring 08 kanals and 08 marlas falling under survey no.620/37 (04 kanals 01 marlas) and 1109/37 (04 kanals 17 marlas) at Village Mamath, Budgam, and had constructed a residential house on the said land in the year 2016 by investing huge amounts of more than Rs. 10 cror