3.9.2008 Present: Mr. Vivek Thakur, Addl. A. G. with Mr. Anil Jaswal, Dy. A. G. for the appellants. Mr. Sunil Mohan Goel, vice counsel for the respondents. RFA No. 170/2003 Learned counsels for the parties jointly submit that the impugned Award needs to be modified to the extent that the awarded interest has to be paid from the date of publication of the Notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’), which is 8.5.1991 and not 1.3.1987, the date of actual possession as has been awarded by the Court below. In view of the joint statement made by the learned counsels for the parties, the present appeal is partly allowed and the impugned Award dated 17.8.2002 passed by District Judge, Kullu, in Reference Petition No. 26/2001, is accordingly modified to the aforesaid extent. The appeal is accordingly disposed of. ( Sanjay Karol ), Judge. September 3, 2008 (rana)