IN THE HIGH COURT 01? KARNATAKA, CIRQIA,.IliZ§V.i3'§.7§ii'-f:CIjf
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_ -- 41$: FRED U/354(1) OF LA ACT AGAINST THE
JU:;GMEs:m'~,AND AWARD DATED 25/3/2006 PASSED IN
Ni}. 1'1fO5 ON THE FILE OF THE CIVIL JUDGE(S}Z))
LAC
; cHIz§o1;:1;' " PARTLY ALLOWING THE REFERENCE
nPE'I'I'I'JV()N FOR "ENHANCED COMPENSATION.
E A This Appeal is coming on for hearing this day,
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I.A.Ne.2 alloweci. Delay of 46
appeal condoned.
Sri C.S.Pat;il, takes no.i:.ice foré
The first respondents’ aequked for
the purpose of e0nstr1eefion’A_Vef _’§’he awarded
compensation at the jief per acre. The
Reference . fi£e”‘iaz1ds as 1’13Vi11g NA
at the rate of iRs.11/–,
Rs. 12/ under three categories. The
Ka1ne_taka Nirev’ai*i We Ltd. (for short, ‘KNNL’) has filed
. V. 5r:ha1ieng;i11§”ffie compensation granted as excessive
that the land has no NA potential.
award of the LAO discloses that the
the panchas Show that the value of the lanci
._ Iie;t*1ges between Rs.25,0()O/- and Rs.32,00{)/- per acre.
~T–1:1e LAO has relied upon the sales statistics ef the lanes
sold in the years 1997 to 1999 which are prior t0 the
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notification. The sales statistics disciose that the lands
are soid at Rs.25,000/– to Rs.32,0{}{}/– perA.._a.ct”e:t:’*.:.V’*§he
lands are dry lands. The value for the
dry lands of Hirekudi village isjfi5;ed« atdRs.3t3,ooo;«; 1
sore for the relevant year.
3. The ciaimants, the “‘ot1’1*e1;’.= have
produced the records”: to laI’}HdAS RS
Nos.393/3, 451/1, 395/_2;VS9%t'[2B,.:§.”jsI§}g__ 328/1 and RS
No.4{)9 of …._eonverted for Non-
AgfictfltuI~al lands adjoin the lands in
question” ,_’_}’he have also produced evidence to
_ A’ is converted to NoI1–Agricu1tura}
sites are formed by one Padalale, each site
40′ is said for Rs.47,000/–. The sale deed
of #101; dated 17.2.1999 is marked as ‘Ex.P.29. The
* riotification in respect of the land in question
‘ ditssued in the year 2001. Survey No.309 is within the
d dvfllage limits of Hirekudi village. However, on perusal of
the certified copy of the village mop produced discloses
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that RS No. 388 is situate immediateiy adjoining C_hjkkodi-
Miraj road. The said land is nearer to oh:.t<kfe;i%:e[
Hirekudi. The sale deed also recites t11at'.. }i€SV
situate about 4 ions away j'.
adjoins Chikkodi – Miraj road. qmsuoiuegrs
situate far off from cmkko(;:ee;Marajems ‘North;
West.
4. The :pro§i’¢3ee}§1’_’_.reeords to show
that the ifiefqixestien have been
eonvezeted purpose. The said lands are
also sitfisge to the i§?’cst’~–of’émkkodi -» Miraj Road, quite far
away i’1″-inn ChikkOdi — Miraj Road, and they are
]a1mos:si:::a:c in the middie between Hirekudi village and
Iiézix-“a.j Road. Considering the loeafion of as
V V’ . No;’388”-Te11d”‘the lands in question, we fad that RS No.388
Lhas. no comparison to the lands in question. The
–‘ have aiso not produced any material to show
T ” Wthat in the NA converted lands any plots have been formed
and solci. The Reference Court has mainly relied upon the
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sale deed Ex.P.29 pertaining to RS No. 388 to
the value. If the said document is exclud:edV,A.iis”. 4_
absolutely no credible material to’ assess ivalsel ‘ j
of the lands in question.
5. There is no Aéimeni etc shoiiv’
whether the NA redo have NA
potential or that t11e”$§_**E’5__’.’..tnanipulated in
anticipation. of is absolutely no
credible it record for this Court to
detertsiile * proper compensation. The
claimants have All]-£.\tki.f314′. in convincing evidence to prove
tlleinsrlzet vsluesfl fmly one witness is examined and
.reiis1iee__is placed on Ex.P.29, the sale deed of a
H In View of the paucity of evidence, we
do riot it is just and proper to speculate in fixing
‘A ‘if ‘market value of the lands in question in the interests
or justice and interests of the parties. It is 3’ust and
‘necessary that the order of the Reference Cicurt is to be set
aside, the matter to be remanded to the Reference Court
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for fresh consideration and disposal in accordance with
law. The parties are permitted to adduce furthe:”s’,:ei:i’dence
in the matter.
6. Keeping in View the fact that
time has elapsed and that the :¢m§=./_
compensation, we direct’_t’hst s-s._’s13.V
KNNL shail deposit rate of
Rs.1,50,000/~ per ‘0f’:t!§1’C.>>;2&VaI’d made by the
LAO in eachease. fmade within four
weeks. ‘permitted to withdraw the amotmt
demsited’. * 1:15 that the Reference Court shall
of tfieveevse three months.
A that the Reference Court need not be
‘~ any of the factual observations made
the leeation of the lands and the market
2 » potential. Al} the contentions are kept open.
It is further clarified that in respect of each case if
KNNL has already deposited a sum of Rs.1,50,000/- per
acre, me further deposit be made.
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Refund of Court fee is ailotved.