{"id":17066,"date":"2008-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-31T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/general-vs-patel-on-1-september-2008"},"modified":"2019-02-22T03:18:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T21:48:54","slug":"general-vs-patel-on-1-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/general-vs-patel-on-1-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"General vs Patel on 1 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">General vs Patel on 1 September, 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\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nFA\/357320\/2008\t 1\/ 4\tJUDGMENT \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. 3573 of 2008\n \n\n \n \nHONOURABLE\nMR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI\n \n \n======================================================\n \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n1\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tReporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n2\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nTo\n\t\t\tbe referred to the Reporter or not ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n3\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\ttheir Lordships wish to see the fair copy of the judgment ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n4\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tthis case involves a substantial question of law as to the\n\t\t\tinterpretation of the constitution of India, 1950 or any order\n\t\t\tmade thereunder ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n5\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\tit is to be circulated to the civil judge ?\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n======================================================\n \n\nGENERAL\nMANAGER O N G C LTD. - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nPATEL\nKANTIBHAI LALJIBHAI &amp; 3 - Defendant(s)\n \n\n====================================================== \nAppearance\n: \nMR AJAY R MEHTA for\nAppellant(s) : 1, \nMR\nYATIN SONI for Defendant(s) : 1 - 3. \nRULE\nNOT RECD BACK for Defendant(s) :\n4, \n======================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 01\/09\/2008 \n\n \n\nORAL\nJUDGMENT<\/pre>\n<p>1.\tThis<br \/>\nappeal at the instance of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, under<br \/>\nsection 54 of the Land Acquisition Act read with section 96 of Civil<br \/>\nProcedure Code is against the judgement and award dated 12.4.2007<br \/>\npassed by  Principal Senior Civil Judge, Gandhinagar in Land<br \/>\nAcquisition Reference No.26 of 2006.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\tThe<br \/>\nappellant had acquired temporarily certain land belong to respondent<br \/>\nclaimants under the provisions of section 35 of the Land acquisition<br \/>\nAct, 1894. The Land Acquisition officer vide award dated 30th January<br \/>\n1988 in LAQ Case No.9\/87\/G directed the appellant to pay annual rent<br \/>\nof Re.0.82 per square meter. Feeling aggrieved by the said decision<br \/>\nthe claimants have filed references claiming Rs.20\/- per square meter<br \/>\nper annum. The learned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Gandhinagar<br \/>\nawarded Rs.4.68\/- per square meter i.e. The total rental compensation<br \/>\nis fixed at Rs.5.50 per square meter per annum. It is against the<br \/>\nsaid decision the present appeal has been filed.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.\tLearned<br \/>\nAdvocate for the appellant submitted that the issue involved in this<br \/>\nappeal is squarely covered by the ratio laid down in the case of Oil<br \/>\n&amp; Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Vs. Sankarji Hemaji &amp; Anr.,<br \/>\nreported in [2008] 17 GHJ (523). The operative part of the said<br \/>\njudgement reads as under:\n<\/p>\n<p> 41.\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>5.\tThe<br \/>\n\t ratio 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, this appeal is 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>(K.S.Jhaveri,<br \/>\nJ.) <\/p>\n<p>ar<\/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 Patel on 1 September, 2008 Author: Ks Jhaveri,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print FA\/357320\/2008 1\/ 4 JUDGMENT IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD FIRST APPEAL No. 3573 of 2008 HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI ====================================================== 1 Whether Reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the [&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-17066","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 v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>General vs Patel on 1 September, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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