(1.) Heard the learned advocates for the respective parties.
(2.) Since these First Appeals arise out of the same award dtd. 21/12/1992 passed by the Special Acquisition Officer in File No.LAQ/SU/III of 1992-93 and identical judgments and awards dtd. 16/11/2018 delivered by the Reference Court (learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Aurangabad) in L.A.R. No.215/1997 (Old LAR No.188/1993) and L.A.R. No.162/1997 (old LAR No.189/1993), hence, they are being decided by this common judgment. Details of the proceedings are as under:-
(3.) For the sake of brevity, the parties are referred to by their nomenclature in the LAR proceedings.