IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA RSA Nos. 520 of 2000 Decided on : May 4, 2010 Union of India and Others …Appellants Versus Sant Ram ...Respondent Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Appellants: Mr. N.K. Sood, Advocate. For the Respondent: Mr. Rajesh Mandhotra, Advocate. Surjit Singh, Judge (oral) By consent of the parties recorded separately in the form of statements of their counsel, judgment and decree, dated 30.6.2000, of learned Additional District Judge, Mandi, is superseded and the following decree is passed. 2. Collector, Mandi, shall assess and evaluate the compensation (in terms of money), if any, for the damage caused to the suit land, on account of infiltration of silt and sand, within three years from the date of institution of the suit, i.e., 6.4.1991, and the compensation, if any, so assessed, shall be the compensation payable by the appellants-defendants to the respondent-plaintiff and a decree for the said amount shall be deemed to have been Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? …2… passed and shall be executable, at the instance of the respondent-plaintiff, by the trial Court. The Collector shall assess the compensation within six months from the date of this decree, after hearing both the sides. Copy of this order be given Dasti to both sides, who shall then approach the Collector, within two weeks of the receipt of Dasti copies, for assessing compensation. 3. Appeal stands disposed of accordingly. May 4, 2010 (ss) (Surjit Singh), J