JUDGMENT

Sharad Kumar Sharma, J. - This First Appeal, under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, has been preferred by the Union of India, through its Commanding Officer, DET C Vikas, Establishment No. 22 C/O 56 APO, where the appellant herein, had put a challenge to the judgement and award, which was rendered by the learned District Judge, Dehradun in a Land Acquisition Reference Case No. 100 of 2000, Keemat Lal and others Vs. State and another, allowing the Section 18 reference of the Land Acquisition Act, which was arising out of an award which was rendered by the Land Acquisition Officer dated 10.04.2020, as rendered in Land Acquisition Case No. 1 of 1995-96, Keemat Lal and others Vs. State of U.P. through Collector, Dehradun and another.

2. Before I venture to meet the arguments which has been extended by the learned counsel for the appellant herein, it would not be out of context to refer that the learned District Judge, Dehradun, has decided the reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, by the impugned judgement which is under challenge in the Appeal i.e. dated 27.11.2008, and as would be apparent therein from the cause title of the judgement that two land acq