JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri J.P.S. Chauhan, learned counsel for the claimants-appellants and Sri Girish Vishwakarma, learned standing counsel for the State-respondents in this batch of first appeals.

2. Briefly stated facts of the present case are that by notification dated 09.06.1989 under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'), land of three villages, namely Manoharwala measuring 4.243 acres, Sikandarpur Basi measuring 2.806 acres and Begampur measuring 2.366 acres, total 9.415 acres were acquired. All these aforesaid three villages fall in Pargana Akbarabad, Tehsil Najibabad, District Bijnor. The aforesaid land was acquired for construction of Begampur Miner. Notification under Section 6 of the Act was issued on 06.06.1990. Possession was transferred on 18/19.09.1990. Award was made by the S.L.A.O. on 31.07.1991 offering compensation @ Rs.19,998.55 per acre for Sawai Doyam quality soil and Rs.27,337.58 per acre for Matiyar Doyam quality soil of village Manoharwala. Dissatisfied with the offer made, the claimants-appellants filed a ref