KAMAL KRISHNA GHOSH Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE present appeal originated from a common judgment passed by Ld. L. A. Judge Spl. Court -1 in L. R. A. nos. 115/90(V), 116/90(V), 117/90 (V), 118/90(V) and 120/90 (V) u/s. 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

(2.) THE background of the instant appeal is that the appellants of the above -noted reference cases felt themselves aggrieved and dissatisfied with the awards passed by L.A. Collector, 24 Parganas (at present South 24 Parganas) at Alipore, as the concerned L.A. Collector acquired the land in question (i.e. plot no. 4023, 4228 & 4225) for East Calcutta Area Development Project and awarded compensation arbitrarily against each of the appellants in their respective cases, at a low rate, and that prompted them to file the application u/s. 18 of the Act for making reference to court on the following grounds (Which are common in all cases): -

(3.) BEING aggrieved and dissatisfied once again by the order of the L.A. Court, the present appeals have been preferred and since common question of law and fact are involved in these L.A. proceedings, these appeals were heard together.