by the G overnment of Haryana vide notifications dated 04.09.1 9 75 (publish e d on 16.9.1975) and 22.12. 1 976 (published on 04.01.19 7 7), issued under Sections 4 and 6 of th e Land Acquisition Act, 1894, for short ‘t h e Act’ respectively, for pu b lic purpose, namely, “ for the construction of link road from nation a l Highway No.1 (G.T. Road ) to Village N urpur Gujran”. The Land Acquisition Collector (for short ‘the LAC’) vi d e award dated 24.10.1985 a s sessed market value in res p ect of the a cquired land @ Rs.5,000 / - per acre, besides all other statutor y benefits including solatium @ 30% as well as compulsory acquisiti o n charges @ 12% per annu m . 4. Dissatisfied with the afo r esaid award, the appellant(s)/ landown e r(s) filed reference petitions invoking Section 18 of the A ct, which w ere partly allowed by the learned Reference Court v ide decision dated 13.02.1997 while det e rmining the market value of the acquired land @ Rs.5264/- per a c re besides all other statutory benefits including solatium @ 30% under the Act. 5. Aggrieved of the decision of the learned Reference Court, the present appeals were preferred at the instance of appellant(s)/ landown e r(s). 6. I have heard learned co u nsel for the parties and g o ne through t he paper-book. 7. A perusal of the record s h ows that two sale deeds Ex.PA dated 3 1 .05.1983 and Ex.PB ( in u r du ) dated 03/06.01.1968 h a ve
