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1 - 10 of 16 (0.20 seconds)Raj Bala vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. on 22 July, 2003
The counsel for the petitioners, in support of his case,
has filed the copy of the award dt. 14.07.2008 in LAC No.226/1/07
entitled Raj Bal & Ors. Vs UOI & Anr.
Rajat Hirabhai Motibhai And Ors. vs Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition And ... on 14 November, 1984
Further in Rajjan Hirabhai Motibhai & Ors Vs Deputy Collector, Land
Acquisition and Rehabilitation, Panam project, Godhra and Ors AIR
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1995 Gujrat 170, it was held by the Hon'ble High Court of Gujarat that
Collector has not merely to intimate parties about passing of award
but he has to communicate essential contents of award, if not copy of
award. The counsel for the respondents have not led any evidence on
record that the essential contents of the award were communicated
and the petitioners had constructive or actual knowledge of the award
at the time of announcement of the award by the LAC and the
reference petition is barred by limitation. Therefore, I hold that the
reference petition has been filed within the period of limitation.
13 Now, I shall decide the issue nos.1 & 2. Both the issues are
interconnected and I shall decide both the issues together. The onus
to prove these issues is upon the petitioners and the respondents. The
petitioners have claimed for enhancement in compensation of the
land in question on the aforesaid grounds mentioned in the reference
petition which are not repeated herein for the sake of brevity. It has
been held in several judgments of the Hon'ble Supreme Court as well
as the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi that while assessing the market
value of the land which is sought to be acquired by the government,
situation, nature, potential/ user and neighbouring land, etc, is to be
considered. In this context, I would prefer to rely upon the judgments
of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India as well as the Hon'ble High
Court of Delhi.
Special Deputy Collector & Anr. Etc vs Kurra Sambasiva Rao & Ors. Etc on 29 April, 1997
The basic test was laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme
Court in Special Dy. Collector & Anr. Vs Kurra Sambasiva Rao &
Others, AIR 1997 SC 2625 and it was held that :
Smt. Shakuntalabai & Ors vs State Of Maharashtra on 23 November, 1995
In the case of Shakuntalabai (Smt) & Ors. Vs. State of
Maharashtra, reported as (1996) 2 SCC 152 wherein it was held by the
Hon'ble Supreme Court of India that when on record there is evidence
of the value of the acquired land itself, then it is unnecessary to travel
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beyond that evidence and consider the market value prevailing in the
adjacent land. The relevant portion of the aforesaid judgment reads
as under :
Bal Ram (Shri) And Ors. vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. on 26 March, 2003
14 The counsel for the petitioners, in support of his case, has
proved on record the certified copies of khasra Girdawaries for the
year 2004 to 06 which are Ex.P1 & Ex.P2 respectively and also the
attested copies of khasra Girdawaries for the year 2000 to 2004 running
into 11 pages collectively which are Ex.P3 which reveals that the land
in question was under cultivation prior or even after the date of
notification u/sec. 4 of the LA Act. The counsel for the petitioners has
also proved the certified copies of relevant pages of the field book for
the year 198081 running into 7 pages collectively which is Ex.P4.
However, the counsel for the petitioners has further adopted the same
evidence as led in the similar reference i.e. in LAC No.226/1/07 titled
Raj Bal Vs UOI and has also filed & relied upon the judgment dt.
14.07.2008 passed by this reference court in LAC No.226/1/07 titled Raj
Bal & Ors. Vs UOI. The counsel for the respondents have proved in
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evidence the award in question as Ex.R1, copies of sale deeds MarkA,
Ex.R/X1 to Ex.R/X3.
Krapa Rangiah vs Special Deputy Collector, Land ... on 5 January, 1982
In Krapa
Rangiah Vs Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition (1982) 2 SCC
374, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India held that the area being
comparable, the situation also being the same and all the plots having
been acquired under the selfsame notification for Housing Scheme it
seems to us proper that the same rate of compensation should be
awarded to the claimant herein as was awarded by the High Court in
Appeal No.50 of 1970. The Hon'ble Supreme Court enhanced the
compensation granted to the claimant by Rs. 2 per sq. yard. with
consequential increase in solatium and interest. In view of the above
judgments, the petitioners herein cannot be disentitled for
enhancement in compensation of the land in question which is also
situate in the same area, location and village i.e. Burari, Delhi.
Therefore, my decision is also supported with the aforesaid judgments
for enhancement in compensation of the acquired land in dispute in
this reference. Thus, the uniform compensation for the land in
question is fixed at Rs.15.70 lacs per acre i.e. the rate assessed by the
LAC for categoryA land and compounded increase @ 11.5% annually
is also given on the compensation amount of Rs.15.70 lacs per acre
fixed by this reference court of the land in question from the date i.e.
09.08.2001 till the date of acquisition of the land i.e. 18.07.2003 which
roughly comes to the total enhanced compensation of Rs.19,20,568/
per acre (total amount fixed at Rs.19,20,568/ per acre Rs.5,05,000/
per acre assessed by the LAC = Rs.14,15,568/ per acre enhanced) as on
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18.07.2003. The petitioners have not led any evidence for other claims
as averred in the reference petition, therefore, they are not entitled for
the said claim. Sh. Praveen Kumar/ petitioner no.3 who was
unmarried had expired on 27.05.2007. Vide order dt. 26.05.2008 of this
reference court, Sh.Ishwar Chand, Sh.Krishan Kumar, Sh.Pramod
Kumar and Sh.Subodh Kumar have been substituted as the legal heirs
of Sh.Praveen Kumar, therefore, the said LRs are entitled to receive the
enhanced compensation in equal shares on behalf of Sh.Praveen
Kumar/ petitioner no.3. These issues are answered accordingly.
RELIEF
16 In view of my findings on the above issues, the petitioners are
entitled to compensation for category A land at Rs.15.70 lacs per acre
and the petitioners are also entitled to compounded increase @ 11.5%
annually from 09.08.2001 till the date of acquisition of the land i.e.
18.07.2003. Therefore, I fix the market value of the land bearing khasra
nos.108/2 (416), 3 (416), 8 (416), 9 (416), 11/2 (217), 12/1 (104) &
12/2 (312) total measuring 26 bighas 17 biswas situate at village
Burari, Delhi at Rs.19,20,568/ per acre as on 18.07.2003 (i.e. total
amount fixed at Rs.19,20,568/ per acre Rs.5,05,000/ per acre
assessed by the LAC = Rs.14,15,568/ per acre enhanced) as per the
statement u/sec. 19 of the LA Act acquired vide the award no.2/2005
Shyam Sunder Agarwal & Co vs Union Of India on 9 January, 1996
06. The petitioners are entitled for the aforesaid enhancement in
compensation according to their 1/5th share each of the said land.
Besides it, the petitioners shall also be entitled to get additional
amount u/sec. 23 (1A) of LA Act @ 12% per annum on the said increase
from the date of notification u/sec. 4 of the LA Act till the date of award
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or dispossession, whichever is earlier. The petitioners shall also get
solatium u/sec. 23 (2) of LA Act @ 30% on the said increase in
compensation and interest u/sec. 28 of LA Act @ 9% per annum for the
first year from the date of dispossession and @ 15% per annum on the
difference between the enhanced compensation i.e. increase awarded
by this court and the compensation awarded by the LAC for the
subsequent period till the payment. The petitioners are further
entitled to interest on solatium and additional amount in terms of
judgment of Hon'ble Apex court titled Sunder Vs UOI reported in DLT
2001 (SC) 569. This reference is answered accordingly.