JUDGMENT

1. By means of this judgment, four appeals being L.A. Appeal 23 of 2008, L.A. Appeal 24 of 2008, L.A. Appeal 86 of 2008 and L.A. Appeal 87 of 2008 are being disposed of since they arise out of one award dated 30-05-2008 passed by the learned Land Acquisition Judge (L.A. Judge), West Tripura, Khowai in case No. Misc.(L.A.) 01 of 2008 and Misc.(L.A.) 02 of 2008 whereby he assessed the value of the land of the petitioners at Rs. 2,00,50,000/- per kani.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that vide notification published on 07-07-2006, 0.014 acres of land in Khowai town was acquired for purposes of construction of shopping complex at Subhas Park. It is not disputed that out of this 0.014 acres, .008 acres was owned by Smti. Mina Chakraborty and 0.006 acres by Rakhal Chandra Karmakar. Declaration under section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (L.A. Act) was issued on 11-08-2006 and the learned Land Acquisition Collector (L.A. Collector) assessed the compensation at Rs. 30,00,000/- per kani.

3. Aggrieved by the said award, the land owners filed petitions under section 18 of the L.A. Act. The petitions have been disposed of by a common judgment and the La