VENKATASWAMI, J. ( 1 ) THE above three appeals arise under the Land Acquisition Act, hereinafter called the Act. They have been preferred by the Special Land acquisition Officer, Port, Man galore, against a common award made by the learned Second Additional Civil Judge at Mangalore, South Kanara, in original Petitions Nos. 501, 1220 and 1240 of 1965. Since the Claimant is common in all these appeals, and the lands are situated in one locality, these appeals are also disposed of by a common judgment. Since there are cross-objections preferred bv the respondent in all these appeals, they are also disposed of by this judgment. ( 2 ) THE lands under acquisition in these cases, as can be seen from the award made by the Special Land Acquisition Officer, are situate at about six miles from Mangalore Town. They are in the interior, about half a mile from the main road, and within a valley in between a stretch of hills and are interspersed with huge rocks. Except for a private road formed specifically for the purpose of transporting granite 'jelly', there is no other well-laid road affording easy access to them. The details regarding each of these appeals, particularly with reference to their extent, nature and the claims of the Claimant awards made by the Land Acquisition Officer and the Court, are furnished in the following tabular form: ( 3 ) THE relevant notifications of acquisitions under S. 4 of the Act are separate and independent in each of these appeals and it is sufficient to mention that they relate to the years 1963 and 1964. It may be mentioned that nothing turns in these appeals on the particular dates of such notifications and no arguments were addressed in that behalf.