[Civil Appeal No. 7269 of 2013]. [SLP (C) No (S). 1046-1059 of 2009]. All these appeals and Special Leave Petitions have been preferred against various impugned judgments and orders passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in various appeals including M.A. No. 2588 of 2004 by which the High Court has enhanced the amount of compensation. The facts and circumstances giving rise to these appeals and special leave petitions mostly disposed of by a common judgment impugned before us had been that: A huge chunk of land stood notified under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) vide Notifications dated 4.3.1993, 13.5.1993 and 2.6.1995 for the use of Defence Research and Development Organisation and the possession was taken after completing all the requirements under the Act. The persons interested therein filed their claims under Section 5 of the Act and led evidence, on the basis of which the Special Land Acquisition Officer (hereinafter called as the 'SLAO') had assessed the market value of the land as Rs. 60,000/- per acre.
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