[Civil Appeal No. 1247 of 2007]. Feeling dissatisfied with the meagre enhancement granted by the learned Single Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in the amount of compensation determined by II Additional District Judge, Shivpuri(hereinafter described as, 'the Reference Court'), the appellants have filed this appeal. By notification dated 28.5.1987 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), which was published on12.6.1987, the Government of Madhya Pradesh acquired the appellants' land measuring 3.627 hectares comprised in Survey Nos.2, 10, 20, 22, 46, 48 and166 of Village Jagatpur, Tehsil Kolaras, District Shivpuri for construction of Broad Gauge Rail Line by the Central Railway. Another parcel of land measuring 0.951 hectares comprised in Survey No.18, of which the appellants were the occupancy tenants, was also acquired by the same notification.
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