The land of the appellants was acquired by numberification dated 18 th January, 1991 issued under Section 4 1 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for short, the Act.
In the appeal preferred by the State of Kerala and others against the award of the Reference Court, the High Court reduced the rate of companypensation for garden land from Rs.14,000/ per cent to Rs.12,000/ per cent and for wet land from Rs.11,000/ per cent to Rs.
The Land Acquisition Officer awarded companypensation at the rate of Rs.5,163/ per cent for garden land and Rs.3,600/ for wet land.
The Reference Court fixed the companypensation for garden land at Rs.14,000/ per cent and for wet land at Rs.11,000/ per cent.
While fixing companypensation at a higher rate, the Reference Court relied on Ext.
We have heard learned companynsel for the parties and scrutinized the record.
8,000/ per cent.
Hence, these appeals.
