{"id":214604,"date":"2010-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-bihar-vs-mostt-sukhia-devi-on-26-march-2010"},"modified":"2018-03-10T10:08:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T04:38:44","slug":"the-state-of-bihar-vs-mostt-sukhia-devi-on-26-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-bihar-vs-mostt-sukhia-devi-on-26-march-2010","title":{"rendered":"The State Of Bihar vs Mostt.Sukhia Devi on 26 March, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Patna High Court<\/div>\n
The State Of Bihar vs Mostt.Sukhia Devi on 26 March, 2010<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                 FA No.349 of 1995\n\nThe State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n                             Versus\n1. Kameshwar Singh S\/o Rameshwar Singh,\nResident of Village- Nasibuchak, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                         Applicant-Respondent.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                                  ......Respondent.\n\n                               With\n                       FA No.379 of 1995\n1. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                                    .....Appellant.\n                              Versus\nSujit Kumar, Son of Brij Ballabh Singh,\nResident of Village- Bhudunchak, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n\n                        ......Respondent.\n                                 With\n                         FA No.383 of 1995\nThe State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n                                Versus\n1. Dhirendra Kumar Son of Brij Ballab Singh,\nResident of Village- Bhudunchak, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                                                    .......Respondent.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                                      ....Respondent.\n                                 With\n                         FA No.354 of 1995\n1. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                                         Appellants.\n                                Versus\n Smt. Chhuhoriya Devi w\/o Lal Kishan Paswan, D\/o Jhakri Paswan,\nresident of village Rajpur, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                                 With\n                         FA No.351 of 1995\nThe State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n                                Versus\n1Kishori Yadav, Son of Hiraman Yadav,\nResident of Village- Rajpura, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                          Applicant-Respondent.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                           -2-\n\n\n\n\n                                     ......Respondent.\n                               With\n                        FA No.350 of 1995\nThe State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n                              Versus\n1. Shhaman Singh, Son of Murat Singh,\nResident of Village- Nisbunchakchak, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                         Applicant-Respondent.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                         .......Respondent.\n                               With\n                        FA No.380 of 1995\n1. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                      ......Appellants.\n                              Versus\nPappu Singh, @ Dhananjay Singh. S\/o Sachidanand Singh,\nResident of Village- Bhudunchak, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                                                     ....Respondent.\n                               With\n                        FA No.356 of 1995\n1. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n2. Union of India through Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway,\nCalcutta.\n                                                   ....... Appellants.\n                              Versus\nRamchandra Singh Son of Munshi Singh,\nResident of Village- Rajpura, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                                                   ......Respondent.\n                               With\n                        FA No.357 of 1995\nThe State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n                              Versus\n1. Basudeo Prasad, son of Late Jaggu Yadav\nResident of Village- Rajpura, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                                    .....Applicant-Respondent.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                                  ........ Respondent.\n\n\n                              With\n                       FA No.381 of 1995\n1. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                               .........Appellants.\n                             Versus\n                           -3-\n\n\n\n\nKumari Punami, D\/o Brij Ballabh Singh,\nResident of Village- Bhudunchak, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                                               ..........Respondent.\n                               With\n                        FA No.287 of 1995\n1. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n2. The Union of India through Dy. General Manager, Eastern\nRailway, Calcutta.\n                                                     ....Appellants.\n                              Versus\nRameshwar Yadav, son of Chhotu Yadav,\nResident of Village- Nisibuchak, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                                                    .....Respondent.\n                               With\n                        FA No.311 of 1995\n1. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                                    ..... Appellants.\n                              Versus\n1. Raj Ballav Singh, son of Ram Pd. Singh,\n2. Raj Nandeshwar Singh, son of Ram Pd. Singh,\nResident of Village- Budhuchak, P.S.Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                                                   ....Respondents.\n\n                            With\n                       FA No.374 of 1995\n1. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n                                                        Appellant.\n                              Versus\n1. Dhuri Yadav son of Raj Nandan Yadav,\n    Resident of Village- Nasibuchak, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                                      Respondents.\n\n\n                              With\n                       FA No.360 of 1995\n1. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n                                                 ......Appellant.\n                             Versus\n1. Mostt. Sukhia Devi W\/o Late Parmeshwar Prasad,\n2. Nagina Yadav\n3. English Yadav\n4. Moti Yadav\n   sons of Late Parmeshwar Yadav.\n5. Samalta Devi d\/o Late Parmeshwar Yadav\n                           -4-\n\n\n\n\n      Resident of Village- Rajpura, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna\n6. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                             .......Respondents\n                                With\n                        FA No.361 of 1995\n. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                                    ..... Appellants.\n                               Versus\n1. Lallan Prasad, son of Late Lakhraj Rai\n2. Sidheshwar Pd. son of Late Lakheraj Rai,\n3. Anil Kumar S\/o Late Lakharaj Rai\nResident of Village- Rajpura, P.S.Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                                       ....Respondents\n                                With\n                        FA No.364 of 1995\nThe State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n                               Versus\n1. Barhu Yadav, son of Jhagru Yadav\nResident of Village- Nisubuchak, P.S. Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                    Applicant-Respondent.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                           .....Respondent.\n\n                               With\n                       FA No.307 of 1995\n1. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n2. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway, Calcutta.\n                                                    ..... Appellants.\n                              Versus\n Narsingh Singh , son of Late Keshwar Singh\nResident of Village- Nohta, P.S.Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                         ....Respondent\n                               With\n                       FA No.263 of 1995\n1. The State of Bihar ... .... Opposite party-Appellant.\n2. Union of India through the Dy. General Manager, Eastern\nRailway, Calcutta.\n                                                    ..... Appellants.\n                              Versus\nBachan Singh Son of Chandrma Singh\nResident of Village- Nasibuchak, P.S.Fatwah, District-Patna.\n                                        ....Respondent\n                             -----------\n                                      -5-\n\n\n\n\n          For appellant-State      : Mr. Narmdeshwar Jha, A.A.G.-VII\n                                     Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, G.A.-II\n                                     Mr. Harendra Prasad Singh, G.A.-VI\n                                     Mr. Sanjay Kumar, G.P. XIV.\n\n          For appellant-Railway      : Mr.Sabbir Ahmad, Advocate.\n\n          For respondents-claimants :     Mr. R.C.Sinha, Advocate.\n                                          Mr. S.K.Yadav, Advocate.\n                                          Mr. P.C.Yadav, Advocate.\n                                          Mrs. Sheela Sharma, Advocate.\n                                          Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, Advocate.\n                                           -------\n\n\n\nP R E S E N T:         THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE\n\n                                           JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
                                           (26.03.2010)<\/p>\n
Dipak Misra, C.J.-\n<\/p>\n
                 In this batch of appeals, the challenge is to the award<\/p>\n
          dated 26.11.1994 passed by the learned Special Land<\/p>\n
          Acquisition Judge, III, Patna     in L.A.Case No.1 of 1993 and<\/p>\n
          other connected cases.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
          2.           A notification was issued under Section 4(1) of the<\/p>\n
          Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, ‘the Act’) for acquisition<\/p>\n
          of 74.515 acres of land situate in village Raipura, P.S. Fatwah,<\/p>\n
          District-Patna for construction of Railway Godown. The Land<\/p>\n
          Acquisition Officer determined the price at Rs.2403\/- per katha.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
          The awardees not being satisfied with the same filed an
\n                            -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
application for reference to the Civil Court and the Land<\/p>\n
Acquisition Officer referred the matter to the Civil Court.<\/p>\n
3.           Before the Civil Court, it was contended that the<\/p>\n
claimants were entitled to Rs.50,000\/- per katha as that was the<\/p>\n
price at the time of acquisition. It was also contended that the<\/p>\n
Land Acquisition Officer had not taken into consideration the<\/p>\n
documents on record and had arbitrarily determined the price.<\/p>\n
4.           Before the Reference Judge, number of witnesses<\/p>\n
were examined on behalf of the claimants and documents were<\/p>\n
exhibited to highlight how the transactions were made which<\/p>\n
would show the land was sold at much higher rate.<\/p>\n
5.           The learned Reference Judge referred to the sale<\/p>\n
deeds vide Ext.-1 series produced on behalf of the awardees.<\/p>\n
Ext.-1 is the certified copy of the sale deed dated 05.04.1989 in<\/p>\n
respect of Survey Plot No.1029 of Village Raipura, whereby<\/p>\n
one katha of land was sold for Rs.10,000\/-. Vide Ext.-1\/A, 1\/3rd<\/p>\n
katha was sold at Rs.8,000\/-. Ext.-1\/B is the sale deed by which<\/p>\n
an area of 5 kathas was sold for Rs.45,000\/-. Ext.-C is a sale<\/p>\n
deed by which one katha of land was sold at Rs.11,000\/-. He<\/p>\n
has also referred to Exts. A, B and C, the valuation report,<\/p>\n
valuation khatiyan and the sale statements on which the Land<\/p>\n
Acquisition Judge has relied.\n<\/p>\n
                            -7-<\/span><\/p>\n
6.           It is worth noting the Land Acquisition Officer had<\/p>\n
awarded Rs.2403\/- per katha relying on the three documents,<\/p>\n
namely, Ext.A, B and C. The Reference court relying on the<\/p>\n
contemporaneous     sale   deeds   determined    the   price   at<\/p>\n
Rs.11,000\/- per katha.\n<\/p>\n
7.           While determining the compensation, the court is<\/p>\n
required to keep in mind the law that has been crystalised by<\/p>\n
the Apex Court in the decisions rendered        in Ahmedabad<\/p>\n
Municipal Corporation and Others Vs. Shardaben and<\/p>\n
others (1996) 8 SCC 93, Hookiyar Singh and others Vs.<\/p>\n
Special Land Acquisition Officer, Moradabad and another,<\/p>\n
(1996) 3 SCC 766, State of U.P. and others Vs. Ram Kumari<\/p>\n
Devi (Smt) and others, (1996) 8 SCC 577 and Gujarat<\/p>\n
Industrial Development Corporation Vs. Narrottambhai<\/p>\n
Morarbhai and another, (1996) 11 SCC 159.\n<\/p>\n
8.           In the case at hand, there are number of sale deeds<\/p>\n
which were exhibited, and the same would show the price per<\/p>\n
katha varied from Rs.9,000\/- to Rs.11,000\/-. As the Land<\/p>\n
Acquisition Officer had fixed the price per katha, the learned<\/p>\n
reference Judge could not be said to be gone by determining the<\/p>\n
price per acre. When the said principle is accepted, the only thing<\/p>\n
remains for consideration is the determination of quantum. The<\/p>\n
acquired area of the transaction covered in the sale deeds is
\n                             -8-<\/span><\/p>\n
almost adjacent to the land. The said fact is not disputed by<\/p>\n
learned counsel for the parties.\n<\/p>\n
9.           Regarding being had to the proximity of the area and<\/p>\n
the contemporaneous sale deeds and the oral evidence brought<\/p>\n
on record and the principle that has been fixed by the Lordships<\/p>\n
of the Apex Court and the component of guess work which can<\/p>\n
be taken aid of, I am of the considered opinion the valuation<\/p>\n
should be determined at Rs.8,000\/- per katha and accordingly, the<\/p>\n
award passed by the Reference Judge is modified and the<\/p>\n
claimants would be entitled to compensation at the rate of<\/p>\n
Rs.8,000\/- per katha. Needless to say they shall be entitled all<\/p>\n
statutory benefits including the interest on solatium as per the<\/p>\n
decision rendered in Sunder Vs. Union of India, AIR 2001 SC<\/p>\n
3516.\n<\/p>\n
10.          In the result, the appeals are allowed in part. The<\/p>\n
award shall be modified accordingly. The modified award shall<\/p>\n
be satisfied within four months. The parties shall bear their<\/p>\n
respective costs throughout.\n<\/p>\n
                            ( Dipak Misra, C.J.)<\/p>\n
Sunil\/\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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