Short Note : 1. The only questions for determination are whether the learned Additional District Judge was justified in fixing the market price of the lands which have been acquired at the rate of Rs. 2,115/- per acre and whether interest should have been awarded at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. Held : The sale has not been challenged nor the consideration paid. The sale is about 2 years prior to the date of Notification under section 4 and is in respect of the land which has been acquired. No better guidance of the market price can be given than the sale deed of the very land two years prior to acquisition. Baljibhai (PW6) has proved the sale deed Ex. P-6 dated 30-3-1959 under which 1 acre of land in Mohammadpur village was purchased adjacent to the land which has been acquired for Rs. 2,000/-. The sale deeds Exs. P-14 and P-15 respectively proved by Daulat Ram (PW 12) and Mohanlal (PW 13) also show that the price of the adjacent lands was Rs. 2,000/- per acre in the year 1956. Another sale deed Ex. P-29 has been proved by Digamber (PW 24) who purchased 6.08 acres of land for Rs. 16,000/- on 19-3-1962. This sale has also been taken into consideration because the negotiations for the sale was going on for the last 7 years. The average price of these sales comes to Rs. 2,000/- per acre and all the sales are either in respect of the land which has been acquired or of adjacent land in the same area. It may be mentioned that Mohammadpur and Lalbagh are adjacent villages. 2. As such, the sale deeds proved by the State are in respect of lands of poorer quality and at a distance from the lands which have been acquired and these sales have not been rightly taken into consideration for fixing the market price of the lands acquired. The learned Additional District Judge has awarded interest at 3 per cent per annum and it requires no interference firstly, because the rate of interest was quite low when the lands were acquired and, secondly, the claimants got good price for their lands which have been acquired. Appeal and cross-objections dismissed.