{"id":187408,"date":"2009-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-land-acquisition-officer-vs-sri-muralidhar-bhimaji-vaidya-on-15-september-2009"},"modified":"2018-02-22T06:05:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T00:35:51","slug":"the-land-acquisition-officer-vs-sri-muralidhar-bhimaji-vaidya-on-15-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-land-acquisition-officer-vs-sri-muralidhar-bhimaji-vaidya-on-15-september-2009","title":{"rendered":"The Land Acquisition Officer – … vs Sri Muralidhar Bhimaji Vaidya … on 15 September, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
The Land Acquisition Officer – … vs Sri Muralidhar Bhimaji Vaidya … on 15 September, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: N.Kumar &B.Sreenivase Gowda<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH comm' OF KARNATAKA,    .\nCIRCUIT BENCH AT IMARWAI) \" I \"--- I\n\nDATES THIS mags TH DAY OF'SEP?EM'BER;: \ufb01'OQ\u00a7  \n\nPRESENT\u00bb V\u00bb\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR..3:t$I\u00b0J_.cE I%i.I<UII4:A12  \nAND I I  I  \nTHE I~1oN'BI,E MRJLISTICEABI.sI2EEN_IvAsE GOWDA\n\nM.F.A.\u00a7\u00a7.474;6'zfVQmg  IV .. \n\nBETWEEN IIII   M N\n\nTHE LAN[\u00a7"~ACQU'I:'\u00a7:IT:iO1\u00a7I{}\u00a7'E?I:CER'-\nASSISTANT C',QP.!IMlSSiOf\u20acER,_  "\nJAMKI-.IAND\u00a3,V--,    . \n\nDIS'FRICT:. I3AGAIII';0*I*}"\n\n"-I23? $RI_,K.$.I%E\u00a7IYAPAK, AGA.)\n\n ,sI::I.MURA.LI'I3HAR BHEMAJE VAIDHA\n MAJOR,\n ."R,I.oI.BHAGYAsHREE HOUSING SC)CiE'I'Y,\n\n5&6?'-._E',"";'ARABAi PARK, KQLHAPUR\n\n ._'(Iv'IAI\u00abIAR.As'rRA) 416 00 1,\n\nV'  "'s:2\u00a5IcE DIED BY HIS LRS, \\J\\\/\n\n... APPELLANT.\n\n\n\n1(A) SMTSNEHAL MURALHDHAR VAIDYA\nAGE: 66 YEARS, OCC: HOUSE WIFE,\n\n1(I-3) MRSSHUBHADA ANIRUDDHA DESH?AN.r3S. - "\nAGE: 43 YEARS, RESISING AT NO~;'5%31,  '\nTOL LANE, SOUTH KASABA, ' '\nSOLAIDUR, MAHARASHTRA.\n\n1(0) MRS.vA1SHAL; SACHIN KHA:vzAKAR- I _ \nAGE: 38 YEARS, REpRESEN*rSD BY HER  .  I\nPOWER OF ATTORNEY HOL_DE\u00a5%__H~ER Mo*rH._ER\nAPPLICANT NO.1(A)v HEREIN. ' I' " "\n\n1(1)) MSDEEPALI MURALIDI-\u00a7ARS',vA:"DI:A---  \nAGE: 38 YEARS.   v \n\nRESPONDE1$I'{*'_NOL1(A}';~_1{C} 'ANI} 1(9) ARE\nRES1D:NAG'~AT r<:::;,).._4e=:3, PHASEJI;\nPINLNAC NiIi?MOi'<3IE::"3, KQTHRUD,\nPU N-E~\u00ab~'~\u00a7\u00bb 1 1 033;" -MAHARASFYFRA.\n\n.. RESPONDENTS.<\/pre>\n
__ _(BY SI2.;%f.};4.c’;,I~aAGAII~I:IR, ADVOCATE.)<\/p>\n
” \u00ab.I’*rIIIS*fIm}AIISIS FILES U’\/S 54(1) OF’ LA ACT AGAINST THE<\/p>\n
JU13\u00bb::\u00a7Es;Ii::–I.~;}’1*.v’AAt’13. AWARD DATES 14\/ 12\/2004 PASSED IN<\/p>\n
LAC “i’!_Q\u00ab.594].8?’.:D’N THE FILE 0? THE ADSL. CIVIL JUDGE<\/p>\n
‘   (SR.I:~,1\u00a7I;), JAMKHANDI, PARTLY ALLOWING THE REFERENCE
\n.I\u00e9E’r1TI’e:3N mS”SNHANSSD COMPENSATION.<\/p>\n
 A ,THIS’ MF’A SSMINS ON FOR ADMISSION THIS DAY,<\/p>\n
  rIf.”I:u_MAR J., SELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:<\/p>\n
‘X\/I<\/p>\n
JUDGMEN?<\/p>\n
\nThe appeal is admitted and    <\/p>\n
considera\ufb01on by consent of the  3\n<\/p>\n
2) It is an appeal preferred    ,<\/p>\n
judgment and award passed  referet\u00e9ce:  holding
\nthe respondent is the    he  entitled to
\ncompensation and _ also for   compensation.
\nFor the ‘ot; parties are referred to
\nas they   reference Court.\n<\/p>\n
3} .. Tfie ,sub}.eCt”-zii\u00e9itter of the acquisition is about<\/p>\n
 gctr\u00e9s of land  at Hunnur village of Jamakhandi<\/p>\n
Bijaptlr district, now Bagalkot district. We<\/p>\n
  fm\u00e9Afromv_.the4i’.reoords there is a deliberate attempt on the<\/p>\n
‘ ”  sf theappeliant to withhold the ‘documentswhich are<\/p>\n
  possession which should have thrown light and<\/p>\n
  clear description of the property and the other<\/p>\n
  “j)roceedings. Under those circumstances we deem it proper<\/p>\n
\\\\\/<\/p>\n
4<\/span>
\nto gather from the material on record the facts of @i’ie”‘~ease<\/p>\n
and resolve the dispute as otherwise it may’ <
\nconfusions.\n<\/p>\n
4) The Iand in questioIi=_  i <\/p>\n
farmer Rajasaheb of Jamaklxaildi unkiei’ a Sah’a\u00a71.i_ss11}ed’%i:1:”e.<\/p>\n
the year 11-08-1869 an extent’VL4o{‘, 6SVV_acfesafas granted to
\none Keshavaeharya  I11 fact the<\/p>\n
land so granted was   The Sanad<\/p>\n
aiso  of tiie V different persons in the
\narea who’Ae:;1’tivate\u00a7I’1″rhe  and the grantees pay R540\/-<\/p>\n
per anmlm as .gV1′(:11i}d”‘-rem. The gantees were given the<\/p>\n
 eptioiri \u00abVizo\ufb01ifajisg\ufb01 the  by actual cultivation or to make it<\/p>\n
  case may be. The origlnal survey of<\/p>\n
  ‘\ufb02uaralr j;:l’.ag*eT actually took place in the year 1894-95.<\/p>\n
” ” ‘T portion of the Land gamed aforesaid was subjected<\/p>\n
 Vsurvey operations Whereas the re\ufb01laining poriion of the<\/p>\n
VT  ‘area was treated as ‘gaothan’. The area treated as ‘gaothan’<\/p>\n
 “however remained in possession of the grantee. The<\/p>\n
la.\/o<\/p>\n
grantees transferred some areas to different
\nused to recover the ground rent. ‘I’t1eA\u00bbVI.-sued  V’
\nmatter of this acquisition prmeedifigs  uot
\nsuzvey \u00e9urirag original  the” ‘
\nremaining Portion Wf\ufb01Ch…eViC\u00a5\u00a2”\ufb01?:i$f:’–  \u00e9cultixretble area
\nout of the land which   was actually
\nsurveyed i.e. the  2 new survey
\nnumber No.36′;    ‘survey numbers fell<\/p>\n
within HL1i1nu1j.Avii1\u00a72i\u00a7e;’–  – _ <\/p>\n
5)  A_fte1f the  the original grantee the<\/p>\n
claimar_:t’s fatiierv A’ succeeded to the estate. In the family<\/p>\n
 sheet tmweentme claimant and his brother the<\/p>\n
  the shale of the brother Madhusudhan<\/p>\n
Z  Shriuivas  Subsequently the said Madhusudhan<\/p>\n
.. ‘A”;’31fj1:*II1iVaS ‘V\u00e9aidya executed an exchange deed i1″: respect of<\/p>\n
_1’a’1:udA in favour of the claimant as is clear from Ex.I~’-‘.2<\/p>\n
Vt .:’_:\u00a7s?}*1iet1 is dated 22–~}2–1956 by receiving another land in<\/p>\n
{you<\/p>\n
6<\/span>
\nView of this Land. The revenue authorities accepted the<\/p>\n
Claimants ownership over the land in qnestiozn.<\/p>\n
6) 01:: 05-04\u00bb 1953 the villagers of  %<\/p>\n
is now treated as part of Runner applied tQ.t1f1e_: .,  <\/p>\n
Jamakhandi holding that the
\nenereached by the owners of .tt1e_.Vad3:ei1_’2’i’:1g   u
\nenroachment made by these K siV:’\u00a7(;~g_1’t\u00a7:i:V’:be’:Vf;\u00a3’e111oveci
\nand the ‘gaothan’ area  thexe for non<\/p>\n
agricultural u:Se5i._.e._a eenetfttnetieim of residential houses. The<\/p>\n
applieatioxi’  Was”  “by the Circle Officer of<\/p>\n
   the circle officer reported that<\/p>\n
 jieede Izv-eatreng Sy.N.36, 3′? and 38 of I-Itmmjr<\/p>\n
Rataateerth were granted tn the ancestors of<\/p>\n
t  the  two others of Jamakhandi on }1~O8~<\/p>\n
  t ‘1\u00a7t’;9Ve1\u00a7y nSh%rimant Rajasaheb of Jamakhandi as in an. The<\/p>\n
4’_’_mea_em*ements were taken on }8-O6–195’7 by the surveyor.<\/p>\n
Vt  found that some 01′ the adjoir\ufb01ng hoiclers of the land<\/p>\n
3  had e\ufb02eroaehed the land. These land owners admitted the<\/p>\n
M\/..\n<\/p>\n
encmachments and promised to remove them… f <\/p>\n
claimants did not admit the enc1’oachn1ent_g1:i\u00a3eI~~..e}2\u00a7.i:me(i  <\/p>\n
enquiry U\/Sec:.37(2) of Bombay
\nAccordingly enquiry was _ee;1d1 iCted;    *’
\nproduced evidence in suppo1*t”V6,i;.:.\ufb011ej1′   Vgllagers V
\nand the authorities ” After an
\nelaborate enquiry_the   the open site<\/p>\n
now in dispute aefes “a\u00a3i1d—-“16 guntas is in the<\/p>\n
private Qw\ufb01ersliip  ihe’~e1’e.J’nea%iht’  the assertion of the
\nVillage  it vests in the Government<\/p>\n
and the Qov’ei’n:11e:;{-.’sAA0_iV11ership is unfortunateiy not true.<\/p>\n
3 “‘i’}1ere\u00a7f’j5re:\u00bb_’it:: dvee1az*ed,””i;i1e site is under the ownership of the<\/p>\n
 the parties were informed. The said<\/p>\n
   orde1”.\ufb02< )f {he  has become \ufb01nal. The said order<\/p>\n
 ezame to"13e 1passeci on 3 1-0 1-1961 which is at E:x.P. E7.<\/p>\n
 7'): *'I'hereaft:er the Chairman, VPC Htmnur<\/p>\n
T feqiiested for acquisition of malaici open sites measuring 14<\/p>\n
 [acre\/-:3 which is the subject. {\ufb02atter of this iitigation for the<\/p>\n
RV<\/p>\n
purpose of cons\ufb01uction of high school building and  for<\/p>\n
providing house sites to the villagers of <\/p>\n
panohayat 3150 passed a resolution   3 its <\/p>\n
meeting held on 21-03-1967 <\/p>\n
cost of aoquisitien charges.   piirsuanoes of the said'<\/p>\n
request from the Chairman   eioquisition
\nproceedings were ini\ufb01sted f_;fo1; .i Vi'ao_q.\u00a7ii'ri11g the land in
\nquestion. A prelingiriazy  be issued on<\/p>\n
21—O6-   Land Acquisi\ufb01on Act
\nas per  noti\ufb01cation Keshav Bh1m' aji<\/p>\n
Vsidya wasxishown  and amibhavadar of the<\/p>\n
-Wland q_’_\u00a3i\u20aciSiZi0Z} none other than the father of the<\/p>\n
i*c;iainiaot’;v._I>Iowever without issuing notice to the khatedar<\/p>\n
  aniat\ufb01\u00e9afd  be passed on 1941-1967. On coming to<\/p>\n
 ‘know of said award the claimant preferred a writ<\/p>\n
   before this Court in W.P.No.128\/1968. This Court<\/p>\n
V’   that there was no service of notioe in the proceedings<\/p>\n
 fim’t1’ated under Sec\ufb01on 9 before passing the award.<\/p>\n
ix’\/o<\/p>\n
Therefore it held, the award made by the <\/p>\n
respondent on 19-11-1967 cannot be sus_tair1ec:iV~.’.,_i _<\/p>\n
– accordingly it. was quashed and the Iand ac~;quiveii:i.e:1.::e\ufb01ieef ~ V. <\/p>\n
\nwas directed to make award
\nyrovisions of Sectien 9 of the      v
\norder came \u00a30 be passed on  Oetdliea as per
\nEx.P.26. Thereafter the  hefore the Land
\nAcquisition O\ufb01icer,’-fixied :’.p\u00e9:’educed all the
\nnecessary    ii-;@__:.4V1;aad:’ficquisition O\ufb01ieer
\npassed  __1\u00a7~09~}9’75 as per Ex.P.9<\/p>\n
awarding a V’su_a1V,of Rs.._8.”,\/~ as cempensation per acre.<\/p>\n
“{“Z:1I’i0fg1\u00a7:=iyE__fii1j:he”Sai-f1____a:Wa;I’d he did not mention that the<\/p>\n
V.sa1d.V’aa:Qa,I:1’tjedi;e._be paid to the claimant. The draft award<\/p>\n
   was’ fei1ewed.v*V’b\u00a7..aa \ufb01ne} award on G9~10~1986. The claimant<\/p>\n
  preferred agfreference under Section 18 read with Section 3}<\/p>\n
  reference Court as per EXP. 1. The reference Court<\/p>\n
V’  –.._}9eee%rded the evidence both on the question of market value<\/p>\n
  Wei] as the ques\ufb01on cf \ufb01tle. After such enquiry,<\/p>\n
{N\/..\n<\/p>\n
30 <\/span>
\nappreciation of oral and documentary evidence on  it<\/p>\n
held, claimant is the owner of the land in c;uest.i\u00a7iti’efn\u00a3t  <\/p>\n
he is entitled to compensation. _It_ also ” = <\/p>\n
compensation payable from Rs.8, 1142\/<\/p>\n
all other consequential betie\ufb01ts.   ‘<\/p>\n
award passed by the referenee: oil ~  vvvfbeeember<\/p>\n
2004 is stayed in appe\u00e9.l’;’*–.V:t” T _ <\/p>\n
8) ‘l’}1e\u00a7.1e:er:;r12ed  assailing the<\/p>\n
impugned’ 1:>’y\u00a3it;VV1’1e_jreferenee”CouI’t in so far as \ufb01nding
\nregaI’dh1gtit1’eVis’eoIieerr1eti’~contends, the claimant has not<\/p>\n
pro\u00e9ueed  a:c’\u00a7ce;;.:taA1.\u00a71e\u00e9”‘evicienee to show his title to the<\/p>\n
  the’ reference Court was not justified in<\/p>\n
 of the claimant and directing payment of<\/p>\n
2  the A “eo1n_pe:1e~e\ufb01on to the claimant and therefore he<\/p>\n
 irnpugled order is liable to be set aside. Per<\/p>\n
 .'(;3′(Jr?(“_.v\u00a3Vti'{,i.Au’:t:{1(‘: Ieamed counsel for the respondent appearirzg for<\/p>\n
  claimant supports the aware. 14\/<\/p>\n
21 <\/span>\n<\/p>\n
9) F’ro:m the aforesaid facts and eontentioV11s’o.t_11e<\/p>\n
point that arise for our consideration is, whetiier’ ‘tiiee <\/p>\n
which is the subject matter of the aegLtisitio1’1″beIonigs to  = ‘V<\/p>\n
ownership of the claimant as sueh }jte\u00e9..
\ncompensation payable for its ae_qz;.isition’i\u00a7 V  V t I V t<\/p>\n
10) Before the  pieferentef,-\u00bbvp:._  ”  ticlaimant
\nexamined himself as    examined two<\/p>\n
other Witnesses   produced in all<\/p>\n
about    reference application,
\nEx.P.2 ism” the deed of exchange under<\/p>\n
which ,t21eu got titie to the property in question.<\/p>\n
ssitppEx.r%.4; is fhe”tpa1titieii”\u00a7eed under which an the joint family<\/p>\n
partitioned and the aforesaid property fell<\/p>\n
  to  fvof Madhusucihan from whom in turn the<\/p>\n
”  ‘got the property by way of exchange deed Ex.P.2.<\/p>\n
 Ex-.,_P;\u00bb?..shows that the name of the father of the eiaimant is<\/p>\n
 .:’_4’s}1oi\u00a7:vn as anubhavadar and khatedar fer the land in<\/p>\n
 euestion. Ex.P.8 is the award dated 19–1I-1967. Ex.P.9 is<\/p>\n
[A\/.\n<\/p>\n
12<\/span><\/p>\n
the draft award dated :9-09-4975. E)x.P.10 tie\ufb01tcr<\/p>\n
issued by the Assistant Commissioner,     <\/p>\n
Tahasii\u00e9ar. Ex.P.1} and P. 12 are
\nclaimant. E:-{.P.14 is the  1
\nEx.IP.2O is another gazette   also
\nproduced the certified    objection
\nin the earlier   Ex.P.26 is
\nthe or\u00e9er  respondent State
\nexamined   xthem was not offered
\nfor  ‘- did not produce any
\ndoc1:mentar”y4.,evideneei._ ”  \u00e9<\/p>\n
 iri  be..r:..kgound we have to appreciate the<\/p>\n
irrraterisi  to find out to whom the property belorzgs<\/p>\n
‘   to. iiniso far’\u00e9.s.fthe Government is concerned, their case is<\/p>\n
  itifiat,  beioogs to the village panchayat. The case of the<\/p>\n
  ‘panehayat is, it belongs to the Government. But the<\/p>\n
  or the village panchayat has not produced any<\/p>\n
  \ufb01iootiznent before the Court to show their title. On the<\/p>\n
tv<\/p>\n
13<\/span><\/p>\n
contrary the documents produced by the c1aimar1’t <\/p>\n
title. r_q’I’he plaintiffs ancestors got this   ‘ax <\/p>\n
Sanad from Raja of Jamakhandi. i5*hey4’1:a\u00a7e. ibeeizi’ eiajeyteg
\nthis property. They have paid-V_”They 2 2
\ntitle by alienating some portiotit:   was
\ngranted to them. In the   when” the village
\npanchayat contended :v,.i1e1ve encroached
\nupon ‘gaothaniv   under Section
\n37(2) of {hes   Act and in the enqtiiry
\nit was    to the ciaimant and it does<\/p>\n
not belongiiiitqii the -Cfiovertiment or the village panchayat.<\/p>\n
.–‘V.{f11at._fct’det’ has  final and binding on the parties. It<\/p>\n
 eftetf “etder the Village panchayat requested the<\/p>\n
 acquire this land for the purpose of<\/p>\n
 iepnstzuetienv of school building and also to provide sites to<\/p>\n
    who are siteless in the village. Therefore<\/p>\n
‘  jecquisi\ufb01on proceedings are initiated shewing the names of<\/p>\n
V   the father ef the claimant as axmbhavadar and khatedar of<\/p>\n
h\/,<\/p>\n
14<\/span>
\nthe land in question. When award came to be passed<\/p>\n
without notice to the claimants father, a writ
\n\ufb01led before the High Court contending that
\nwhich is sought to be acquired without  V’ ‘
\ntherefore the award passed is
\nthis Court in the aforesaid writioi\ufb01etition set  award a d
\ndirecting the parties 1;;,;..jssue’,;1ot\u00a5,\u00a7e’ ‘Section 9(2) to
\nthe claimant and   the matter.\n<\/p>\n
Thereaiter the   before the Land<\/p>\n
Acquisition” 4′     his statement, produced<\/p>\n
docmnentsx.’  Acquisition Of\ufb01cer held, the<\/p>\n
 = c1air_.12e1t is not tIie~o12mer and the compensation awarded is<\/p>\n
 –~ Therefore the claimant sought for<\/p>\n
refereiice18 and 31 of the Act to the reference<\/p>\n
   reference Court on carefu} consideration of the<\/p>\n
  ” documentary evidence on record rightly upheld<\/p>\n
  claim of the ciaimant and has passed the impugned<\/p>\n
uifaward. In the light of the aforesaid facts set out above,<\/p>\n
t\/<\/p>\n
15<\/span><\/p>\n
there is no in\ufb01rmity in the award passed by  ‘ <\/p>\n
Court whiczh calls for interference. Thr3ii\u00e9i”srs_1\u00a3fs   <\/p>\n
any merits if} this appeal.\n<\/p>\n
dismissed.\n<\/p>\n
Mrk\/ –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court The Land Acquisition Officer – … vs Sri Muralidhar Bhimaji Vaidya … on 15 September, 2009 Author: N.Kumar &B.Sreenivase Gowda IN THE HIGH comm’ OF KARNATAKA, . 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