Indian Kanoon - Search engine for Indian Law

d. The sale data provided by the State before the Referral Court did not reflect the market value but the set-forth value of such sales, which could not, thus, be looked into for the purpose of assessing compensation.

e. As per Section 2(13) of West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, "mouza" is defined as the smallest unit of area of land. Since the sale deeds produced by the land losers pertained to the Bhadrakali Mouza, where the lands acquired under the present proceeding were also situated, such deeds provided an accurate measure of market value, as determined by the 2026:CHC-AS:59-DB registration office, which was mentioned in the deeds. Hence, the valuation mentioned in the said deeds ought to have been the basis of calculation of market value for the purpose of calculating compensation.