Land Acquisition:
Acquisition of land – Compensation for ‘Dry’ land, and for ‘Chira’ land and for ‘Wet’ land – Determination of – Held: In view of nature of ‘Wet’ land, its surroundings and location and similarity with the land owned by other landowners to whom compensation was awarded @ Rs. 2000/- per cent, the appellant-landowners are entitled to compensation for ‘Wet’ land @ Rs. 2000/- per cent in place of Rs. 500/- – The rates of ‘Dry’ and ‘Chira’ lands do not call for any interference – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss. 4,6, 11 and
18. Partly allowing the appeals, the Court
HELD: 1. The award of Rs. 2000/- per cent for the wet land appears to be just proper and reasonable keeping in view the nature of the land, its surroundings and location and similarity with the land owned by other landowners to whom compensation was awarded at the rate of Rs. 2000/- per cent. It represents correct market value of the wet land on the date of acquisition and was, therefore, rightly determined by the Reference Court in cases of other landowners in relation to their lands acquired in these proceedings. The appellants are entitled to claim compensation for their wet land at the rate of Rs. 2000/- per cent in place of Rs. 500/- per cent determined by the High Court in the impugned order. As a necessary consequence, the appellants are also entitled for other statutory compensation payable under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, keeping in view the enhancement made by this Court. So far as the rates of other two nature of lands are concerned, namely, dry and chira, their rates do not call for any interference. [Paras 18-20] [1067-G-H; 1068-A-C]
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