ORAL JUDGMENT :-

. All these appeals are in respect of references decided by the Reference Court, wherein the lands are acquired vide notification U/Sec. 4 of the Land Acquisition Act (for short "L. A. Act") dated 13.07.1995 for the purpose of lower Dudhna project. The lands acquired in all these references are from village Wanjola, Tq. Mantha. Reference Court has partly allowed the references. The present appeals are filed for enhancement of compensation amount.

2. The sale instances relied are the same. The lands acquired are for the same project and from the same village and vide the same notification U/Sec. 4 of the L. A. Act. As such, to avoid rigmarole, it would be appropriate to decide all the appeals by a common judgment.

3. The paper book is provided comprising of all the sale instances, claim petition, depositions, roznama, etc.

4. Mr. Katneshwarkar, Mr. Kale and Mr. Kakade, the learned counsel for respective appellants submit that, five sale instances are produced before the Reference Court of adjoining villages. The sale instances of the same village were not available, as there was ban on the sale transactions. The learned counsel submit that, all the sale instances were