JUDGMENT : 

HARKESH MANUJA, J.

Vide this common order, a bunch of 12 Regular First Appeals, details of which are given in the footnote of this judgment, are being decided as all the appeals have arisen out of common acquisition/Award involving common facts and question of law. For the sake of brevity, facts are being taken from RFA No.3464-1999.

2. By way of filing the present appeal(s) challenge has been laid to the decision dated 08.12.1998 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Ambala-cum-Reference Court.

3. Briefly stating, 1.96 acres of land, situated within the revenue estate of Village Dharala, HB No. 159, Tehsil and District Ambala, was sought to be acquired by the Government of Haryana vide notifications dated 23.07.1988 (published on 23.08.1988) and 21.08.1989 (published on 22.08.1989), issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, for short ‘the Act’ respectively, for public purpose, namely, for ‘construction of link road Dharala to Shamalkha with links to Akbarpur in Ambala District’. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘the LAC’) vide award No.23 dated 26.02.1990 assessed market value in respect of the acquired land @ Rs.40,000/- per acre