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Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Sir Bachittar Singh And Another vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 3 December, 2008<\/div>\n
RFA No.664 of 1991             -1 -\n\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\nCHANDIGARH\n\n                                            RFA No.664 of 1991\n\n                                            Date of Decision: 3.12.2008\n\nSir Bachittar Singh and another\n                                                           ..Appellants.\n\nVs.\n\nThe State of Punjab and another\n                                                           ..Respondents.\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN\n\n\nPresent:    Mr.Vinod Kumar Kataria, Advocate for the appellants.\n\n            Mr.N.S.Pawar, Addl.AG Punjab for the respondents.\n\n\nRAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J.\n<\/pre>\n
            This order shall dispose of 12 appeals, namely, RFA Nos.664 to<\/p>\n
671, 738, 880, 1213 and 1219 of 1991 by a common judgment as common<\/p>\n
question of law and facts are involved in these appeals.<\/p>\n
            Land measuring 34.75 acres situated in village Matta, Had<\/p>\n
Bast No.132, Tehsil and District Faridkot was notified on 24.8.1984 under<\/p>\n
Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act (for short `the Act’) and followed by<\/p>\n
notification of declaration dated 29.11.1984 under Section 6 of the Act for<\/p>\n
the construction of Sarawan Drain at public expense. Originally an area of<\/p>\n
35.67 acres was notified under Section 6 of the Act but on actual<\/p>\n
measurements carried out at the site, area of 34.75 acres was found showing<\/p>\n
a decrease of 0.92 acres from the notified area, which was due to the<\/p>\n
different method of calculating the area by Karams and by feets by the Land<\/p>\n
Acquisition Staff. The Land Acquisition Collector vide his award No.154
\n RFA No.664 of 1991               -2 –<\/span><\/p>\n
dated 11.7.1986 classified the acquired land i.e. Nehri – 265 Kanals 1 Marla,<\/p>\n
Barani – 7 Kanals 11 Marlas and Gair Mumkin – 5 Kanals 8 Marla total 278<\/p>\n
Kanals. The Collector assessed the market value of the acquired land @<\/p>\n
Rs.17,100\/- per acre for Nehri, Rs.14,000\/- per acre for Barani and<\/p>\n
Rs.10,000\/- per acre for Gair Mumkin.\n<\/p>\n
               Aggrieved against the award of the Collector, the land owners-<\/p>\n
claimants preferred Objections under Section 18 of the Act alleging therein<\/p>\n
that the acquired land is close to commercial and dwelling complex and the<\/p>\n
price of the land is not less than Rs.80,000\/- per acre. It was also alleged<\/p>\n
that the acquired land has been divided into two parts, therefore, a loss of<\/p>\n
Rs.4000\/- has caused to them. The land owners also claimed damages to the<\/p>\n
tune of Rs.2000\/- as barbed wires with pillars were destroyed and Rs.5000\/-<\/p>\n
per annum for depositing the earth heaps in the area belonging to them. In<\/p>\n
the written statement, it was alleged by the State that compensation has been<\/p>\n
assessed as per the prevalent market rate. It was denied that the land<\/p>\n
owners-claimants are entitled to recover any amount on account of<\/p>\n
segregation of the land or damages to the barbed wire. It was also denied<\/p>\n
that any heaps of earth were deposited in the land left over from the<\/p>\n
acquisition.\n<\/p>\n
               The learned Additional District Judge, Faridkot vide his order<\/p>\n
dated 3.10.1990 after taking into consideration the evidence led by both the<\/p>\n
parties awarded compensation and dismissed the reference upholding the<\/p>\n
award and awarded compensation at the enhanced rate of Rs.4000\/- per acre<\/p>\n
in respect of all kinds of land in addition to the compensation already<\/p>\n
awarded to the land owners.\n<\/p>\n
               Sh.Vinod Kumar Kataria, learned counsel for the appellants has
\n RFA No.664 of 1991             -3 –<\/span><\/p>\n
vehemently contended that the Reference Court has committed a palpable<\/p>\n
error while discarding sale deed Ex.P2 which has been executed in respect<\/p>\n
of land measuring 2 Kanals 2 Marlas for a sum of Rs.13,600\/- which comes<\/p>\n
to Rs.51,600\/- per acre. Learned counsel further submitted that the sale deed<\/p>\n
was executed on 15.4.1982 whereas the acquisition in the present case is of<\/p>\n
24.8.1984, therefore, in view of the Division Bench judgment of this Court<\/p>\n
in the case of Khan Chand Vs. State of Haryana 2008(2) RCR (Civil)<\/p>\n
286, the compensation deserves to be enhanced giving 10% increase for the<\/p>\n
gap of two years from the date of sale deed and the date of acquisition and<\/p>\n
since the land which is sold vide sale deed Ex.P2, is a small piece of land,<\/p>\n
therefore, 40% cut can be applied. In this process, learned counsel for the<\/p>\n
appellants submits that the compensation would come to Rs.31,000\/- per<\/p>\n
acre.\n<\/p>\n
            As against this, Sh.N.S.Pawar, learned counsel for the State of<\/p>\n
Punjab has argued that the sale deed Ex.P2 pertains to village Guru Ki Dhab<\/p>\n
whereas the acquisition is of the land of village Matta. He also submits that<\/p>\n
there are 6 sale deeds produced by the State namely sale deed Ex.R1<\/p>\n
pertaining to land measuring 16 Kanals sold on 31.5.1984 for Rs.33,000\/-,<\/p>\n
sale deed Ex.R2 in respect of 16 Kanals of land sold for Rs.33,000\/- on<\/p>\n
29.5.1984 and sale deed Ex.R6 in respect of land measuring 20 Kanals 5<\/p>\n
Marlas sold for Rs.42,000\/-. So far as other sale deeds Ex.R3, R4 and R6<\/p>\n
are concerned, those were not pressed by the learned counsel for the<\/p>\n
respondents. It is contended by the learned counsel for the State of Punjab<\/p>\n
that through these three sale deeds Ex.R1, Ex.R2 and Ex.R6, the land<\/p>\n
measuring 52 Kanals 5 Marlas was sold for a consideration of<\/p>\n
Rs.1,08,000\/-. The average of these three sale deeds comes to less than
\n RFA No.664 of 1991              -4 –<\/span><\/p>\n
Rs.17,000\/- per acre. It is contended by the learned counsel that the<\/p>\n
judgment in the case of Khan Chand (supra) is not applicable and the<\/p>\n
learned Reference Court has rightly relied upon the sale deeds Ex.R1, Ex.R2<\/p>\n
and Ex.R5.\n<\/p>\n
             I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have perused<\/p>\n
the record with their assistance.\n<\/p>\n
             In so far as sale deed Ex.P2 is concerned that pertains to land<\/p>\n
measuring 2 Kanals 2 Marlas of a different village called Guru Ki Dhab of<\/p>\n
course, sale instance of a small piece of land in comparison to the acquired<\/p>\n
land. In the judgment of the Division Bench in the case of Khan Chand<\/p>\n
(supra), the facts were that there was only one sale deed Ex.P1 of the year<\/p>\n
1980 pertaining to sale of one Kanal land, the value of which comes to<\/p>\n
Rs.1,44,000\/-. In the said case, land was situated within the municipal limits<\/p>\n
of Kaithal and was merely two furlongs away from the city of Kaithal. Since<\/p>\n
there was no other evidence produced in the shape of sale deeds either by<\/p>\n
the land owners or by the State, the learned Division Bench relied upon<\/p>\n
solitary sale instance and after giving 10% increase for two years, since the<\/p>\n
acquisition was of the year 1980, calculated the value of the acquired land<\/p>\n
(on the basis of sale instance Ex.P1) to the tune of Rs.1,72,800\/- per acre<\/p>\n
and after applying cut of 40% on the ground that sale instance Ex.P1 was<\/p>\n
pertaining to a small piece of land, awarded Rs.1,03,680\/- per acre. The<\/p>\n
facts of this case are altogether different from the facts of the aforesaid<\/p>\n
judgment because in this case besides sale instance Ex.P2, there are sale<\/p>\n
instances which have been produced by the State of Punjab in the shape of<\/p>\n
Ex.R1 to Ex.R6 out of which the learned Reference Court has rightly not<\/p>\n
taken into consideration sale instances which were post notification and had
\n RFA No.664 of 1991               -5 –<\/span><\/p>\n
considered only those sale instances which were in close proximity in time<\/p>\n
to the date of notification issued under Section 4 of the Act. The Reference<\/p>\n
Court has thus, rightly found the value of the acquired land of village Matta<\/p>\n
to which all the sale instances relate was not more than Rs.17,000\/- for<\/p>\n
Nehri land. However, giving another amount of Rs.4000\/- compensation<\/p>\n
stood enhanced into three categories i.e. for Nehri land it has been assessed<\/p>\n
@ Rs.17,000\/-, for Barani @ Rs.14,000\/- and for Gair Mumkin it has been<\/p>\n
enhanced to Rs.10,000\/- per acre besides awarding statutory benefits in<\/p>\n
terms of the provisions of the Amended Act.\n<\/p>\n
            Sh.Vinod Kumar Kataria, learned counsel for the appellants is<\/p>\n
at pains to persuade this Court to take into consideration the fact that out of<\/p>\n
the entire acquired land measuring 278 Kanals, land measuring 265 Kanals<\/p>\n
1 Marla is Nehri, 7 Kanals 11 Marlas is Barani and only 5 Kanals 8 Marla is<\/p>\n
Gair Mumkin. Learned counsel has submitted that since only land<\/p>\n
measuring 12 Kanals and 19 Marlas is not Nehri, therefore, this may not be<\/p>\n
treated differently and compensation as assessed for the Nehri land be also<\/p>\n
awarded for the rest of the land measuring 12 Kanals 19 Marlas.<\/p>\n
            Keeping in view the totality of circumstances, I do not find any<\/p>\n
merit in the present appeals and therefore, the same are hereby dismissed<\/p>\n
without any order as to costs.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n                                              (Rakesh Kumar Jain)\n3.12.2008                                            Judge\nMeenu\n\n\n                   Refer to reporter - yes\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court Sir Bachittar Singh And Another vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 3 December, 2008 RFA No.664 of 1991 -1 – IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.664 of 1991 Date of Decision: 3.12.2008 Sir Bachittar Singh and another ..Appellants. Vs. 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