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2] The aforesaid application was filed by the Respondent before the Executing Court on the basis of the decision rendered by the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.7974 of 2015 and in other connected appeals dated 17.09.2015, wherein the Supreme Court has modified the order passed by this Court and has enhanced the value of the acquired land for Auto Testing Track at Pithampur, district Dhar, to the tune of Rs.60 lakhs per hectare in respect of irrigated lands and Rs.45 lakhs per hectare towards the un-irrigated lands.

3] The case of the petitioners is that initially on 01.09.2006 a notification was published in the Official Gazette for acquisition of the lands for the purposes of Auto Testing Track and for establishment of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). On 16.06.2007 the Land Acquisition Officer has passed the award and the market value was assessed @ Rs.2.15 lakhs per hectare in respect of un- irrigated lands and Rs.3.44 lakhs for irrigated land. He also awarded solatium under Section 23(2) @ 30% and under Section 23(1-A)(A) @ 12% towards additional development. The aforesaid award was challenged before the Reference Court in Land Acquisition Case No.16 of 2011. The reference Court enhanced the amount from Rs.3.44 lakhs to Rs.48,92,630/- per hectare for irrigated land and from 2.15 lakhs to Rs.30,57,894/- per hectare for un-irrigated land after making the deduction of 65%.

6] Shri Sunil Jain, learned senior counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the Supreme Court has quantified the compensation and has taken into account all the aspect of the matters and in such circumstances, no additional amount is required to be paid. Shri Jain has also submitted that the order passed by the Supreme Court on 17.09.2015, has already been complied with by the State and even otherwise, for the period starting from 17.09.2015 till the date of payment, the petitioners are ready to pay the interest @ 15%. 7] To buttress his arguments, Shri Jain, has also relied upon a decision rendered by the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.12060 of 2017 dated 08.09.2017 in which also the Supreme Court had the occasion to decide the valuation of the property in respect of the adjoining villages at Pithampur/Dhar, which proceedings were also in respect of the Auto Testing Track and in the said case the Supreme Court has made the following directions:-

34. In the result, all the appeals filed by the appellants - claimants/landowners are partly allowed. All the appeals filed by the State are hereby dismissed. The impugned judgment therein is modified to the extent that the land owners whose land were acquired for "Auto Testing Track" are entitled to claim compensation at the rate fixed by the reference Court in the impugned judgment, with a deduction of 20% instead of 65% on account of appreciation of market value. The same shall be worked out on the basis of rate determined by the reference Court along with interest and solatium as awarded by the reference Court in the impugned judgments."