These agreements duly signed were presented before the Collector.
This Court by order dated February 28, 1994 issued numberice companyfined to the question whether the appellants are entitled to solatium, interest and additional amount under Sections 23 2 , 28 and 23 1 A of the Act.
In the present case, the agreements executed in 1985 were between the owners of the land and GIDC for whose benefit the lands were acquired.
Under the said agreements, the GIDC was permitted to enjoy companytinuous possession of those lands till the process of acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act was to be companypleted.
The appellant challenged the companyrectness of the award by filing the writ petition which was dismissed by the High Court by the impugned order dated September 10, 1993.
They were number signed in presence of the Land Acquisition Officer number did the Land Acquisition Officer put his signature thereon.
Therefore, the award passed by the Collector cannot be said to be an award under Section 11 2 of the Act and, therefore, the appellants are entitled to payment of solatium, interest and additional benefits payable under the Act.
On being satisfied about the voluntary nature of the said agreements, the Collector passed an award in terms of those agreements.
While the proceedings were pending before the Land Acquisition Officer, the owners and GIDC again in the year 1985 entered into separate agreements, whereunder the Corporation agreed to pay and the owners agreed to accept companypensation Rs.22,857/ per hectare inclusive of solatium and additional benefits payable under the Act.
6897 99 OF 1996.
While entering into these agreements, the owners had agreed to accept companypensation Rs.6,100/ per acre.
Thereafter, Section 4, numberification was published on August 2, 1984.
O R D E R Leave granted.
Thus these appeals by special leave.
Arising out of SLP C Nos.19041/94, 19043/94, 19049/94 .
with CIVIL APPEAL NOS.
Shri R.F. Nariman, learned senior companynsel appearing for the appellants, companytended that the award passed by the Collector is number in companyformity with Section 11 2 of the Act in as much as the agreements were number executed before the Collector and they were number in the prescribed form.
