{"id":16462,"date":"2011-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/somashekaraiah-vs-the-special-land-acquisition-on-30-may-2011"},"modified":"2014-09-09T15:13:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T09:43:02","slug":"somashekaraiah-vs-the-special-land-acquisition-on-30-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/somashekaraiah-vs-the-special-land-acquisition-on-30-may-2011","title":{"rendered":"Somashekaraiah vs The Special Land Acquisition … on 30 May, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Somashekaraiah vs The Special Land Acquisition … on 30 May, 2011<\/div>\n
Author: N.K.Patil And Nagaraj<\/div>\n
Fa.)\n\nThis MFA is filed 13\/8 5231} :_ei?..LAorAc~ii,V\"a;gaii?.st*ithe\njudgment and award dated: 'O2;'.Q4\/20$?\"vpassed. in\n\nLAC'..No.28\/2006 on the file -er the Prl. em: Jlidrg\ufb01i .\u00ab:lsr.lnnj>\n\nand JMFC, Srirangapatnac\"apartly ail<)winpgh_= the reference\npetition for enhanced cornpensaiion andpseekiing further\nenhancement of compensatien'j *  '  \n\nThis MFA coi:1i::g it i\ufb01learing, this day,\n\nN .K. Patil J delivered.t.he'\u00bbfoi1owin'd':i.   '\n_ i  31 U  r\n\nbyljpthle_cla.iinjant ismdirected against the\njudgnient--V..and',;_:awiirdffdfatedl 2:1}-cit April 2007 passed in\n Principal Civil Judge (Sr.Dn)\nand   (hereinafter referred to as\n\n"the" Refer-e;_1'ce: Court"), on the ground that the\n\n ccimpieiislatiion awarded by the said Court is inadequate\n' and npeedspp enhancement.\n\n  impugned judgment and award, the\n\n.'R_eference':--__C0urt, awarded a sum of ?2,92,500\/-- per\n\nacrecir: respect of wet lands and 31,20,000\/~ per acre,\n\n Afspinkrespect of dry lands, with all statutory benefits, as\n\nVgenvisaged under the relevant provisions of Section 23 sf\n\nH the Land Acquisition Ag; (hereinafter referred tn as "the\n\n9 WM.\n\n[ox Mwwww\n\nX'\n9*\n\n\n\n3\nAct" for short). Not being satisfied by the same, the\n\ne1airnant\/ appellant has presented this appea}~,,v_fs:ee}\u00a7ing\n\nenhancement of compensation.\n\n3. Facts<\/pre>\n
 in a nutshe11__ta.re__that,M’1ands’<\/p>\n
Survey Nos.97\/5, 103\/7, 207\/ti, Q5;\/i2,diiss”\/i\u00a7t+, \u00a7aiiri’jtrnd<\/p>\n
96\/ 1, measuring O~2412\u00e9i.’V:v’grintas’,   O~O”E}V<\/p>\n
guntas, O’-O8 guntas? O-13—gtii1tas,  O-13’gnntEas and O~
\nO5 guntas respeetixdreiyag’ all Sanaba Village,<\/p>\n
Chinakurali Hobli, ;_’Pa.nda\u00a2yrapn;:a ‘Ta}uk, were notified<\/p>\n
and  \ufb02cotnpetent authority for<\/p>\n
submergenti-e 5;?  wat’er’V of Tonnur Tank, Vide<\/p>\n
Pre1irn.inary dated 4*” April 2002, issued<\/p>\n
under ‘Seeti’onV’V~.4A(‘1_)  the Act, followed by \ufb01nal<\/p>\n
 dveeiarfation isst1eti'”tinder Section 6(1) of the Act. The<\/p>\n
  Acquisition Offieerr Nagarnangalat after<\/p>\n
 vtrith the mandatory provisions of the Act,<\/p>\n
 Apasseddthe award on 3rd August 2005, determining the<\/p>\n
 ‘i13_8tt5ket vaine at the rate of ?90,640\/~ per acre? in<\/p>\n
  .. Vdrespeet of Wet lands and \u20ac37,200,\/- per acre, in respect<\/p>\n
I
\n%’ ti,\/ewe
\nXi, w)\u00bb,,.\u00bb\u00bb~”‘”‘\u00b0w<\/p>\n
of dry lands. Not being satisfied with the award passed<\/p>\n
by the said authority, the claimant\/appellantVli7:le<1_ an<\/p>\n
application under Section l8( 1) of the  <\/p>\n
Reference Court, seeking enhaneernentof 'eo'rn1;5ensatio:ri' C <\/p>\n
and the same was registered  2{)l(l6–.A.""l?he<\/p>\n
said application came upl for considerationj"hefere the.'<\/p>\n
Reference Court on_ 2nd  "*l-':I.'lhe_d\u00a7Reference
\nCourt, after assesslirig evidence
\navailable on4_:l'ile_e  'an Apex Court
\ndecision   SC R362, allowed
\nthe   "lvalue at ?2,92,500\/~ per
\nacre,l\u00b0*i_n" lands and ?l,20,000\/~<\/p>\n
per acre,"'~.ir1*  dry lands, with all statutory<\/p>\n
  ..e_Notalbeing" further satisfied with the market<\/p>\n
  V"vlai'de" by the Reference Court, the elaimant,\/<\/p>\n
.a;)!:;l3ellanltle:l:–.has presented this appeal, seeking further<\/p>\n
 enhalrteernent of Compensation.<\/p>\n
 4. We have carefully gone through the grounds<\/p>\n
   __.’:l1I’g\u20ac(1l in the memorandum Of appeal and heard learned<\/p>\n
Additional Government Advecate appearing for first<\/p>\n
respondent and the learned counsel appevarling_V_ for<\/p>\n
second respondent\/the beneficiary of <\/p>\n
question. We have also perueed the”en:tire’=.0rigina;l’. <\/p>\n
records placed before us.\n<\/p>\n
5, Learned Additional  V  Ad\ufb01roclai-ei L’<\/p>\n
appearing for first   learned
\ncounsel appearing \/beneficiary, at
\nthe outsetr ‘fairly   lsubject matter
\ninvolved   by the judgment
\nof the 26th April 2010 in
\nCiviir.:c’:)j’.’_l2.010 arising out of SLP (C)<\/p>\n
No.207\u00e97,llof 2l0_O8 (Special Land Acquisition Oj\ufb01cer<\/p>\n
 If1\u00a7il’i,gOll1&d’v~\u00ab\u00ab–C\u00a2Fld others), pertaining to the very<\/p>\n
V =sa1nr\u20ac”‘preIrin3.inary notification and the Very same Village<\/p>\n
llassrthat .c5i–.j\u00e9;11::e case on hand. In the said judgment, the<\/p>\n
 ApeX;_ Court has determined the market value at<\/p>\n
 ~ per acre, in respect of wet\/ garden lands<\/p>\n
___and 31,53,400\/~ per acre, in respect sf dry land.<\/p>\n
Therefore? they submit that, following the said<\/p>\n
judgment, the instant appeal may also be  of,<\/p>\n
modifying the impugned judgment and axvairdl <\/p>\n
the Reference Court, fixing the Mrnarket’ ‘Val-iie,o’f\u00bb the <\/p>\n
lands at 33,30,000\/~ per acre,  l’l’\u00a51p:er
\nacre, in respect of dry   if if if if
\n6, Further, they  silmilargpmtitters filed
\nby the elaimant\/ s  already been
\ndisposed of  the aforesaid
\ndecision  Court.\n<\/p>\n
  thellsaidvsubmission of the learned
\nCounsel for ” 2, learned counsel appearing
\nfor appellant does diisplute the said fact and he also fairly<\/p>\n
s1.;\u00abli}mits thatl’is’ine_e____the case on hand also pertains to the Very<\/p>\n
\u00bb pi*elirn’inary notification as that of the one dealt by the<\/p>\n
 ~.lelo.ri”idlVellll_;%*lpe;\u00a7:’llbourt, the impugned judgment and award<\/p>\n
 Reference Court may be modified accordingly.<\/p>\n
 Placing the said submission of the learned Counsel<\/p>\n
7.fo’r”the parties on record and following the judgment of the<\/p>\n
if ” ‘”‘Apex Court dated 26″‘ April 2010 in Civil Appeal<\/p>\n
if<\/p>\n
 ,f Mic<\/p>\n
\/’ M\u00bb
\n\/i\/ :9)?”\n<\/p>\n
{z<\/p>\n
No.3838 of 2010 arising out of SLP (C) No.2076’7 of
\n2008 (Special Land Acquisition Officer Vs. I{;ir,f. g'(;wda
\nand others) and for the reasens stated thereifi’ <\/p>\n
is also disposed of’<\/p>\n
The impugned ju\u00e9jgme\ufb01fv   .’
\ndated 2nd April 2007. passy\u00e9ci Q2  ‘
\nCourt, in L.A.C.N’\u20acx:Z8\/2006,. A
\nmodified, detejmining. 3:116 ‘ ” njarii\u00e9t vxrAa11ie at
\nthe rate of %’2; in respect of
\nwet\/ garden 1and_\u00a7’  per acre,
\nin resp\u00e9\u00a7t_’ . of idry’  $111 statutory
\n Sections 23(1~<\/p>\n
C\ufb01\ufb01c\u00e9tdch\u00e9uv\ufb01\ufb01\u00a7s\ufb01mafd,accordhg\u00a7y.<\/p>\n
3&3;\n<\/p>\n
E\ufb01\u00e9g\u00e9<\/p>\n
\u00a7%i\u00a7%:\u00a7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Somashekaraiah vs The Special Land Acquisition … on 30 May, 2011 Author: N.K.Patil And Nagaraj Fa.) This MFA is filed 13\/8 5231} :_ei?..LAorAc~ii,V”a;gaii?.st*ithe judgment and award dated: ‘O2;’.Q4\/20$?”vpassed. in LAC’..No.28\/2006 on the file -er the Prl. em: Jlidrg\ufb01i .\u00ab:lsr.lnnj> and JMFC, Srirangapatnac”apartly ail<)winpgh_= the reference petition for enhanced cornpensaiion andpseekiing further enhancement […]<\/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":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSomashekaraiah vs The Special Land Acquisition ... on 30 May, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/somashekaraiah-vs-the-special-land-acquisition-on-30-may-2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Somashekaraiah vs The Special Land Acquisition ... on 30 May, 2011 - 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