State Of Haryana Through The ... vs Karim Ahmed & Ors on 3 November, 2021
9. In these two batches of appeals, the crucial date for the
assessment of the market value of the land regarding the first acquisition is
06.02.2008, whereas with respect to the second acquisition, the crucial date
is 19.11.2008. Therefore, the reference court has erred in relying upon the
exemplar sale deed (Ex.P1), dated 07.06.2011. It is well settled that the
exemplar sale deed which is after the date of notification under Section 4 of
the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, should not be ordinarily relied upon.
Reliance in this regard can be placed on the judgment passed by the
Supreme Court in Maya Devi (Dead) through Legal Representative and
Others v. State of Haryana and Others (2018) 2 SCC 474. The relevant
discussion is in para 5, which is extracted as under:-