1. This order will also dispose of Civil Writ Petitions Nos. 5894 to 5896 of 1986, as the question involved is common in all these cases.

2. The land of the petitioners was acquired by notification under Sec.4 of the Land Acquisition Act, (hereinafter called the Act), dt. Nov. 17, 1982 and vide notification under Sec.6 of the Act, dated Dec. 10, 1984. The award is said to have been given on Sept. 21, 1986. The petitions were filed in this Court in Oct. 1986. The facts as stated in Civil Writ Petition No. 5968 of 1986 are that the award was announced for the purpose on Sept. 21, 1986, when there were no funds whatsoever with the authorities to be paid to the owners of the land. It has also been stated in para 13 of the writ petition that other chunks of agricultural land of the petitioners were also acquired under another notification regarding which the award was announced on the same date i.e. on Sept. 21, 1986 and the petitioners and others approached the authorities for receiving compensation under protest with regard to the said agricultural land. However, as there was no money with the authorities, nothing has been paid nor the amount deposited in the treasury, as requ