{"id":207115,"date":"2009-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ammed-vs-the-district-collector-on-5-february-2009"},"modified":"2016-08-22T09:38:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T04:08:36","slug":"ammed-vs-the-district-collector-on-5-february-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ammed-vs-the-district-collector-on-5-february-2009","title":{"rendered":"Ammed vs The District Collector on 5 February, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Ammed vs The District Collector on 5 February, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nLA.App..No. 717 of 2003(K)\n\n\n1. AMMED, S\/O. POCKER, AVALATH HOUSE,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KOZHIKODE.\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PWD ROAD\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.R.K.MURALEEDHARAN\n\n                For Respondent  :ADDL.ADVOCATE GENERAL\n\n\n Dated :05\/02\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n         PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & M.C. HARI RANI,JJ\n\n        ==============================\n\n               L.A.A.NOS.717 & 770 OF 2003\n\n          ============================\n\n       DATED THIS THE 5TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2009\n\n                         JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
Pius C.Kuriakose,J.\n<\/p>\n
     Impugned in these appeals are the awards of the Reference<\/p>\n
Court in acquisition pursuant to a notification under Section 4<\/p>\n
(1) published on 28-11-1997 for the widening of the Payyoli-<\/p>\n
Perambra road at Meppayur town. The Land Acquisition Officer<\/p>\n
awarded the land value at the rate of Rs.4124\/- per cent relying<\/p>\n
on the basis document.    Evidence before the Reference Court<\/p>\n
consisted mainly on Exts.A1 to A3 and also the report submitted<\/p>\n
by the Commissioner in the three cases which were considered<\/p>\n
by the learned Subordinate Judge together apart from the oral<\/p>\n
testimony of the claimants, AW1 to AW3. On the side of the<\/p>\n
Government, counter evidence consisted of the oral testimony of<\/p>\n
RW1, the Land Acquisition Officer. Ext.A1 was certified copy of a<\/p>\n
sale transaction some 12 years prior to the notification under<\/p>\n
LAA.717 & 770\/2003              -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
Section 4(1)     which related to just one     cent of land     and<\/p>\n
reflected a land land value of Rs.40,000\/- per cent. Ext.A3 was<\/p>\n
certified copy of a sale deed executed about one year prior to<\/p>\n
the date of publication of Section 4(1) notification and it revealed<\/p>\n
land value at the rate of Rs.20,000\/- per cent.        Though the<\/p>\n
Advocate Commissioner, who was deputed by the court on<\/p>\n
application submitted     by the claimants, was taken to the<\/p>\n
property covered by Ext.A1, he was not taken to the property<\/p>\n
covered by Ext.A3. Both Exts.A1 and A3 were marked through<\/p>\n
the claimants only. The parties to those documents were not<\/p>\n
examined at all. RW1, the Land Acquisition Officer would swear<\/p>\n
that it is a fancy price which is seen paid in Ext.A1 document.<\/p>\n
Though RW1 was cross examined at considerable length, no<\/p>\n
specific challenge is made to the version in chief examination<\/p>\n
that the price shown in Ext.A1 does not reflect the market value<\/p>\n
of the property but is a fancy price. The Reference Court on an<\/p>\n
evaluation of the evidence noticed that the acquired properties<\/p>\n
are unlike the property covered by the basis document situated<\/p>\n
in the town area of Meppaayur Town and concluded in our<\/p>\n
opinion    correctly that it was not safe to rely on the basis<\/p>\n
LAA.717 & 770\/2003                -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
document. The Advocate Commissioner had recommended land<\/p>\n
value of Rs.30,000\/- per cent, obviously, on the basis of the<\/p>\n
value revealed in Ext.A1. The court did not become inclined to<\/p>\n
accept the recommendation. However, the court accepted the<\/p>\n
Advocate Commissioner’s report regarding          the locational and<\/p>\n
other advantages relating to the acquired properties        and also<\/p>\n
on the basis of the other evidence on record found that          the<\/p>\n
correct market value of the property at the relevant time was<\/p>\n
Rs.12,124\/- per cent.\n<\/p>\n
     2. We have heard the submissions of Mr.R.K.Muraleedharan,<\/p>\n
learned counsel for the appellant and those of the learned<\/p>\n
Government Pleaders Mr.P.K.Babu and Mr.Basant Balaji.<\/p>\n
     3. Mr.Muraleedharan would argue that the court below was<\/p>\n
not at all justified in not placing reliance on Ext.A1. The distance<\/p>\n
between Ext.A1 property and the acquired property was only 45<\/p>\n
metres. Counsel highlighted that this was not disputed even by<\/p>\n
RW1. RW1 had no case that Ext.A1 is a collusive transaction.<\/p>\n
Ext.A1 is executed 12 years prior to the date of notification and<\/p>\n
therefore, acquisition proceedings were not in contemplation at<\/p>\n
LAA.717 & 770\/2003                -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
that time.      Mr.Muraleedharan referred to a judgment of the<\/p>\n
Supreme Court in        Cement Corporation of India Ltd. v.<\/p>\n
Purya,<\/a> 2004(3)K.L.T. 737 in which it is held that examination<\/p>\n
of the parties to the document is not necessary for proving the<\/p>\n
transaction recorded in the document.\n<\/p>\n
      4. The learned Government Pleaders would            resist the<\/p>\n
submissions of Mr.Muraleedharan. According to them, RW1 had<\/p>\n
clearly stated that it is a fancy price which was paid in Ext.A1 and<\/p>\n
that part of RW1’s testimony had not been specifically<\/p>\n
challenged.\n<\/p>\n
      5. We have anxiously considered the submissions at the<\/p>\n
Bar. Ext.A1 pertains to a plot having just one cent in extent.<\/p>\n
Ext.A1 is executed more than 12 years prior to Section 4(1)<\/p>\n
notification. It is true that Section 51A of the Land Acquisition<\/p>\n
Act and also the principles laid down by the Supreme court in the<\/p>\n
decision referred to above will justify marking of documents in<\/p>\n
evidence, even without evidence the parties or anybody else<\/p>\n
acquainted with the documents. But marking was not amount to<\/p>\n
proving the transactions recorded in a document.      There was no<\/p>\n
challenge against the version of RW1 that it is a fancy price which<\/p>\n
LAA.717 & 770\/2003               -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
is shown in Ext.A1. We are of the view that the finding of the<\/p>\n
court below that Ext.A1 cannot be relied on is justified.   But at<\/p>\n
the same time we feel that we should give an opportunity to the<\/p>\n
appellant for proving Ext.A3. Ext.A3 is executed just one year<\/p>\n
prior to Section 4(1)notification and there is no case for RW1 that<\/p>\n
the value shown in Ext.A3 is a fancy price. We feel that the<\/p>\n
appellant should be permitted to prove the transaction recorded<\/p>\n
in Ext.A3 by examining either the parties to the document or<\/p>\n
their successors or anybody acquainted with the execution of the<\/p>\n
document.      If so advised, the appellants can take out a<\/p>\n
commission to compare the properties acquired and the property<\/p>\n
covered by Ext.A3.     Accordingly, we set aside the judgment<\/p>\n
under appeal and remand L.A.R.Nos.3\/2001, 6\/2001 and<\/p>\n
13\/2001 back to the Sub Court, Koyilandy.           That court will<\/p>\n
permit both sides to adduce whatever evidence they want to and<\/p>\n
will pass revise judgment on the basis of the evidence already on<\/p>\n
record and the evidence to be adduced in the case. Considering<\/p>\n
the order of remand passed, refund the full court fee paid to the<\/p>\n
appeal   memoranda     to    the   counsel   for   the   appellants.<\/p>\n
Considering the age of the claimants, there will be a direction to<\/p>\n
LAA.717 & 770\/2003              -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
the Reference Court to expedite matters and to ensure that the<\/p>\n
trial is completed and revised judgment is passed at the earliest,<\/p>\n
at any rate, within three months from the date of receipt of a<\/p>\n
copy of this judgment. Transmit the records back to the lower<\/p>\n
court immediately. The L.A.As. are allowed by way of remand.<\/p>\n
No costs.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                          Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
                                   PIUS C. KURIAKOSE,
\n                                          JUDGE<\/p>\n
                                          Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
                                     M.C. HARI RANI,
\n                                          JUDGE<\/p>\n
ks.\n<\/p>\n
LAA.717 & 770\/2003    -7-<\/span><\/p>\n
                         PIUS C.KURIAKOSE &
\n                          M.C. HARI RANI, JJ.\n<\/p>\n
                          L.A.A.NOS. 717 & 770 OF
\n                                   2003<\/span><\/p>\n
                               JUDGMENT<\/p>\n
                             05-02-2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Ammed vs The District Collector on 5 February, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM LA.App..No. 717 of 2003(K) 1. AMMED, S\/O. POCKER, AVALATH HOUSE, … Petitioner Vs 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KOZHIKODE. … Respondent 2. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PWD ROAD For Petitioner :SRI.R.K.MURALEEDHARAN For Respondent :ADDL.ADVOCATE GENERAL Dated :05\/02\/2009 […]<\/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":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nAmmed vs The District Collector on 5 February, 2009 - 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\/ammed-vs-the-district-collector-on-5-february-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ammed vs The District Collector on 5 February, 2009 - 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