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15. To prove the market value of the land in dispute on March 12, 1963, the date of issuance of the notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, the appellants produced copies of mutation orders, Exhibits P-l to P-5. Ex-

hibit P. 1 is a copy of mutation No. 406 attested on November 26, 1959, of sale of 15 Bighas 11 Biswas of Ghair Mumkin Pahar land situated in village Kharak Mangauli, Tehsil Kharar. This land was sold for Rs. 2,000/- on the basis of registered sale deed dated August 12, 1959, Exhibit p. 2 is a copy of mutation order No. 363 attested on December 9, 1957, pertaining to the sale of 1 Bigha 10 Biswas Banjar Qadim land situated in village Kharak Mangauli sold for Rs. 900/-on the basis of registered sale deed dated August 10, 1957. Exhibit p. 3 is a copy of mutation No. 366 attested on 19-2-1958, relating to sale of 10 Biswas of Ghair Mumkin land situated in village Kharak Mangauli sold for Rs. 700/- on the basis of registered sale deed dated October 19, 1957. These mutation orders pertained to land situated in another village Kharak Mangauli. There is no proof on the file what is the distance between village Kansal where the land in dispute is situated and village Kharak Mangauli and what is the distance between the land in dispute and the land sold on the basis of these mutation orders. It is also not proved that the land sold on the basis of these mutation orders was of the same and similar type as the land in dispute. These are not sales of lands situated in the vicinity and having comparable benefits and advantages and, therefore, these do not furnish a rough and ready method of computing the market value of the land in dispute. Moreover, the mutation orders Exhibits P-2, and P-3 pertain to sales which took place more than five years prior to the notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act in the instant case. In the case of Exhibit P-l, the sale took place about four years prior to the issuance of the notification under Section 4 of the Act. Thus, these mutations Exhibits P-l to P-3 are not relevant to determine the market value of the land in dispute and Were rightly ignored by the Additional District Judge.

16. Exhibit P-4 is a copy of the mutation order No. 667 attested on 11-4-1958, relating to the sale of 10 Biswas of Barani land situated in village Kansal. This land was sold for Rs. 1,500/- on the basis of a registered sale deed dated September 25, 1957. Exhibit P-5 is a copy of mutation Order No. 675 attested on January 27. 1957, and relates to the sale of 15 Biswas of Barani land situated in village Kansal. This land was sold for Rs. 2,500/- on the basis of a registered .sale deed dated September 3, 1958. The respondent-Punjab State produced a plan showing that the small pieces of Barani land sold vide mutation orders Exhibits P-4 and P-5 are situated near the village abadi of village Kansal, whereas the acquired land in dispute is situated far away from the village. The registered sale deeds of these two sales have not been produced for reasons best known to the appellants. From the sale deeds it could be ascertained for what purpose the land was purchased by the vendees and how the sale price was paid. The sale in Exhibit P-4 took place more than five years and sale in Exhibit P-5 took place more than 4 1/2 years prior to the issuance of the notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act in the instant case. Further, the land sold vide mutations Exhibits P-4 and P-5 was Barani and was situated near the village abadi and it was sold for the purpose of constructing houses, and. therefore, these sales cannot furnish any criteria for fixing the market value of the land in dispute, which is situated far away from the village abadi and is Ghair Mum-kin Pahar land consisting of sleep and inaccessible hills. It is well-settled law that the value fetched for small pieces of land is no criterion to determine the market value for large area acquired. Large area of land cannot possibly fetch a price at the same rale at which small plots are sold. void. Collector of Lakhimpur v. Bhuban Chandra Dutta. AIR 1971 SC 2015 and Harbansh Narain Singh v. State of Bihar, AIR 1974 Pat 224 (supra), Velayu-dam Chettiar v. Special Tahsildar for Land Acquisition, AIR 1959 Mad 462 and N. C. John's Trust v. State of Kerala, AIR 1958 Ker 166,

17. Therefore, for the reasons given above and in view of the law laid down in these decisions, these mutation orders Exhibits P-4 and P-5 have to be ignored being irrelevant to determine the market value of the land in dispute.

18. Exhibit P-6 is a copy of the award dated November 20, 1964, of the Additional District Judge, Ambala, pertaining to land situated in village Dara Kharauni, Tehsil Kharar. In that case land measuring 1518.72 acres situated in that village was acquired by the State of Punjab at & public expense for the establishment of cantonment at Chandigarh, for the Union of India. Notification to acquire this land under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act was published on February 17, 1962. The acquired land consisted of Barani, Banjar Jadid, Aabi and Ghair Mumkin land situated in village Dara Kharauni. The learned Additional District Judge after considering the oral and documentary evidence of the parties fixed the market value of the Ghair Mumkin land at the rate of Rupees 500/- per acre. This village Dara Kharauni is situated at a distance of about a mile from village Kansal, where the land in dispute is situated. The distance between the acquired land and the Ghair Mumkin land mentioned in Exhibit P-6 is not much. It was stated at the bar by the counsel for the parties that an appeal against this award filed in this Court was dismissed. The land acquired in that case is situated in the vicinity and had similar benefits and advantages and this award in my opinion is the best instance in fixing the market value of Ghair Mumkin land in dispute. Therefore, I hold that the market value of the Ghair Mumkin land in dispute must be fixed in accordance with the price fixed in Exhibit p. 6 at the rate of Rs. 500/- per acre.

19. The respondent Punjab State produced copies of four mutations of sales of Barani land situated in village Kansal to prove the market value of the Barani land and these are Exhibit R-6 to R-9. Exhibit R-6 is a copy of mutation No. 682 and on its basis land measuring 3 Bighas 4 Biswas was sold for Rs. 500/- on the basis of a registered sale deed dated June 22, 1966. Exhibit R-7 is a copy of mutation No. 676 and on its basis Barani land measuring 8 Bighas 13 Biswas was sold for Rs. 200/- on the basis of a registered sale deed dated October 10, 1958. Exhibit R-8 is a copy of the mutation Order No. 677 and on its basis Barani land measuring 9 Bighas was sold for Rs. 200/-on the basis of a registered sale deed dated October 10. 1958. Exhibit R-9 is a copy of the mutation Order No. 678 and on its basis land measuring 20 Bighas 13 Biswas was sold for Rs. l,000/- on the basis of registered sale deed dated October 28; 1958. The land sold on the basis of Ext, R-9 was partly Ghair Mazruha and partly Barani land and the area of the Ghair Mazruha land was 8 Bighas, 10 Biswas. It is evident that the sale referred to in Ext R-6 took place about seven years prior to the issuance of the notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act in the instant case while the sales in the other mutation orders Exhibits R-7 to R-9 took place about 4 1/2 years prior to the issuance of the notification. Moreover, these mutation orders Exhibits R-6 to R-9 pertained to Barani land and, therefore, these are not relevant for fixing the value of Ghair Mum-kin land in dispute. The Land Acquisition Collector fixed the market value of Barani land in dispute at Rs. 744/- per acre and this decision was confirmed by the Additional District Judge in his award. This valuation was not contested before us by the counsel for the parties. Therefore, the decision of the Additional District Judge on this point is confirmed and the market value of the Barani land is fixed at Rs. 744/- per acre.