JUDGMENT :

HARKESH MANUJA, J.

1. Vide this common order, both the aforementioned Regular First Appeals, are being decided as the same have arisen out of common acquisition/Award involving identical facts and question of law. For the sake of brevity, facts are being taken from RFA No.3868 of 2007.

2. By way of present appeal(s), challenge has been laid to the Award dated 20.07.2007 passed by the learned Addl. District Judge, Panipat (hereinafter to be referred as the ‘Reference Court’).

3. Briefly stating, in the present case(s), total land measuring 13 Bighas 09 Biswas, situated within the revenue estate of village Didwari, Hadbast No.39 Tehsil Israna, District Panipat came to be acquired vide Notifications dated 04.05.2001 and 22.01.2002 issued under Sections 4 & 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the ‘1894 Act’) respectively for the public purpose, namely “for the construction of New Balana Minor from RD.0 to 17200 tail off-taking at RD 15350-L, Israna Disty. by Irrigation Department’. Award under Section 11 of the 1894 Act was passed by the Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘the LAC’) on 15.01.2003, whereby market value of the acquired land was assessed @ Rs.2,20,000