SAVITRI DEVI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This judgment will dispose of Letters Patent Appeal Nos. 706 of 1980, 120, 131, 132, 314, 325, 326, 450 and 451 of 1981; because they raise common questions of law. The learned counsel for the parties are agreed that these appeals be heard and disposed of together.

(2.) Since the controversy between the parties to these appeals is confined to only one point, namely, quantum of compensation for loss of earnings of the appellants due to acquisition of land, it will suffice to recount briefly the facts bearing upon this issue.

(3.) The appellants in these appeals had set up poultry farms on the outskirts of Union Territory, Chandigarh, in the areas falling within the State of Punjab and Haryana. Some of the appellants had set up their farms on their own lands while others had taken lands on lease to start this business.