{"id":163554,"date":"2008-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/general-vs-special-on-4-august-2008-2"},"modified":"2017-11-23T21:01:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T15:31:20","slug":"general-vs-special-on-4-august-2008-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/general-vs-special-on-4-august-2008-2","title":{"rendered":"General vs Special on 4 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">General vs Special on 4 August, 2008<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Ks Jhaveri,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nFA\/7925\/1999\t 4\/ 4\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nFIRST\nAPPEAL No. 7925 of 1999\n \n\nTo\n\n\n \n\nFIRST\nAPPEAL No. 7928 of 1999\n \n\n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nGENERAL\nMANAGER, OIL &amp; NATURALGAS CORPORATION LIMITED - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSPECIAL\nLAND ACQUISITION OFFICER &amp; 1 - Defendant(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n\n \n\nAppearance\n: \nMR\nRAJNI H MEHTA for\nAppellant(s) : 1, \nMS TRUSHA PATEL, AGP for Defendant(s) : 1, \nRULE\nSERVED for Defendant(s) :\n2, \n=========================================================\n\n\n\n\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 04\/08\/2008 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>These<br \/>\n\tappeals at the instance of State Government under Section 54 of the<br \/>\n\tLand Acquisition Act read with Section 96 of Civil Procedure Code<br \/>\n\tare against the judgment and award dated 13\/7\/199 passed by the<br \/>\n\tlearned Assistant Judge, Mehsana in Land Acquisition Reference<br \/>\n\tNos.2841 of 1993 to 2844 of 1993.\n<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\n\tappellant had acquired certain land on temporary basis of the<br \/>\n\toriginal claimants under Section 35 of the Land Acquisition Act,<br \/>\n\t1894 (hereinafter referred to as the Act).  After following<br \/>\n\tprocedure the Land Acquisition Officer vide his order dated<br \/>\n\t10\/6\/1993 awarded compensation at the rate of Rs.90\/- per ARE per<br \/>\n\tyear.  Feeling aggrieved by the said decision, the claimants filed<br \/>\n\treferences before the learned Assistant Judge, Mehsana claiming<br \/>\n\tadditional rental compensation at the rate of Rs.700\/- per ARE per<br \/>\n\tyear and further crop compensation.  The learned Assistant Judge<br \/>\n\tawarded additional compensation at the rate of Rs.190\/- per ARE per<br \/>\n\tyear and further awarded 20% additional crop compensation.  It is<br \/>\n\tagainst the said awards the present appeals have been filed.\n<\/p>\n<p>Learned<br \/>\n\tAdvocate for the appellant submitted that the issue involved in<br \/>\n\tthese appeals is squarely covered by the ratio laid down in the case<br \/>\n\tof Oil &amp; Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Vs. Sankarji Hemaji &amp;<br \/>\n\tAnr. reported in [2008] 17 GHJ (523). The operative part of the said<br \/>\n\tJudgment reads as under:\n<\/p>\n<p>?S41.\tSimilarly,<br \/>\nevent he conduct and the action of the then Special Land Acquisition<br \/>\nOfficer, who has referred the references applications in more than<br \/>\n100 cases to the reference court, though the applications for<br \/>\nreference were filed after a period of more than 20 years, is also<br \/>\nrequired to be considered seriously at the hands of Government. Under<br \/>\nthe circumstances, Chief Secretary, Revenue Department is directed to<br \/>\nhold necessary inquiry against the concerned Special Land Acquisition<br \/>\nOfficer with regard to his conduct and actions. Registry is directed<br \/>\nto communicate this order to the Chief Secretary, Revenue Department,<br \/>\nState of Gujarat for compliance.\n<\/p>\n<p>42.\tFor<br \/>\nthe reasons stated hereinabove,all the appeals succeed and are<br \/>\nallowed with costs which is quantified at Rs.5000\/- (Rupees Five<br \/>\nThousand only) per each appeal. The impugned common judgement and<br \/>\naward dated 15.10.2005 passed by the learned Principal Senior Civil<br \/>\nJudge, Mehsana (Mr. J.R. Shah) inland Reference Case Nos.3780 to 3784<br \/>\nof 2003 is hereby quashed and set aside and it is held that:\n<\/p>\n<p>[i]\tThe<br \/>\nreference applications submitted by the original claimants were not<br \/>\nmaintainable.\n<\/p>\n<p>[ii]\tThe<br \/>\nreference applications were required to be dismissed on the ground of<br \/>\nlimitation considering Article 137 of the Limitation Act.  In the<br \/>\nalternate, the same were required to be dismissed on the ground of<br \/>\ndelay and laches.\n<\/p>\n<p>[iii]\tThe<br \/>\nreference court has no jurisdiction to decide any other question<br \/>\nexcept the difference as to sufficiency of compensation in a<br \/>\nreference under sec.35(3) of the Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>[iv]\tThe<br \/>\nreference court has no jurisdiction to decide any other question<br \/>\nexcept the difference as to sufficiency of compensation in a<br \/>\nreference under section 35(3) of the Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>[v]\tThe<br \/>\nreference court has no jurisdiction to declare acquisition<br \/>\nproceedings and the award declared by the Special Land Acquisition<br \/>\nOfficer under sec.35(3) of the Act as illegal and\/or non-est in a<br \/>\nreference under section 35(3) of the Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>[vi]\tThe<br \/>\nreference court has no jurisdiction to declare possession of the<br \/>\nacquiring body as illegal and\/or unauthorized and consequently the<br \/>\nreference court has no jurisdiction to declare the ONGC-acquiring<br \/>\nbody as trespasser that too without framing any issue.\n<\/p>\n<p>[vii]\tThe<br \/>\nreference court has no jurisdiction toward compensation by way of<br \/>\nmesne profit declaring compensation of the acquiring body as illegal<br \/>\nand unauthorized.\n<\/p>\n<p>[viii]\tThe<br \/>\nreference court has also no jurisdiction to award statutory benefits<br \/>\nand or interest, as awarded by the reference court, as if the<br \/>\nacquisition proceedings is a permanent acquisition.\n<\/p>\n<p>[ix]\tThe<br \/>\nreference court has no jurisdiction to determine the dispute with<br \/>\nregard to sufficiency of the compensation beyond the period of three<br \/>\nyears from the date of taking the possession.\n<\/p>\n<p>[x]\tThe<br \/>\nReference Court has no jurisdiction to restore the possession of the<br \/>\nland to the original owners while deciding the reference under<br \/>\nsec.35(3) of the Act.??\n<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\n\tratio laid down in the aforesaid case is squarely applicable to the<br \/>\n\tfacts of the case.  Learned advocate for the respondents is not able<br \/>\n\tto point out anything to take a different view of the matter.\n<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\n\tthe premises aforesaid, these appeals are allowed. The judgment and<br \/>\n\taward impugned in these appeals is quashed and set aside.  No order<br \/>\n\tas to costs.\n<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\n\tamount already withdrawn by the claimant will be adjusted against<br \/>\n\tthe future rent.\n<\/p>\n<p>(K.S.Jhaveri,<br \/>\nJ.) <\/p>\n<p>(ila)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court General vs Special on 4 August, 2008 Author: Ks Jhaveri,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print FA\/7925\/1999 4\/ 4 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD FIRST APPEAL No. 7925 of 1999 To FIRST APPEAL No. 7928 of 1999 ========================================================= GENERAL MANAGER, OIL &amp; NATURALGAS CORPORATION LIMITED &#8211; Appellant(s) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>General vs Special on 4 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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