{"id":241801,"date":"2008-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/general-vs-patel-on-4-august-2008"},"modified":"2015-12-04T12:12:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T06:42:52","slug":"general-vs-patel-on-4-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/general-vs-patel-on-4-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"General vs Patel on 4 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">General vs Patel on 4 August, 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\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nFA\/2992\/2008\t 5\/ 5\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. 2992 of 2008\n \n\nWith\n\n\n \n\nFIRST\nAPPEAL No. 2993 of 2008\n \n\nTo\n\n\n \n\nFIRST\nAPPEAL No. 2995 of 2008 \n\n \n\n \n \nFor\nApproval and Signature:  \n \nHONOURABLE\nMR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n\n\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\n1\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\t\tReporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?\n\t\t\t\t-Yes.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\n2\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\nTo be\n\t\t\t\treferred to the Reporter or not ? -No.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\n3\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\t\ttheir Lordships wish to see the fair copy of the judgment ?\n\t\t\t\t-No.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\n4\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\t\tthis case involves a substantial question of law as to the\n\t\t\t\tinterpretation of the constitution of India, 1950 or any order\n\t\t\t\tmade thereunder ? -No.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t  \n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\n5\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\nWhether\n\t\t\t\tit is to be circulated to the civil judge ? -No.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nGENERAL\nMANAGER - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nPATEL\nRAMANBHAI GORDHANBHAI &amp; 4 - Defendant(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n\n \n\nAppearance\n: \nMR\nAJAY R MEHTA for\nAppellant(s) : 1, \nRULE NOT RECD BACK for Defendant(s) : 1 - 3. \nMS\nTRUSHA PATEL, AGP for Defendant(s) :\n4, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \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: 04\/08\/2008 \n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nORAL\nJUDGMENT<\/pre>\n<p>These<br \/>\n\tappeals at the instance of State Government under Section 54 of the<br \/>\n\tLand Acquisition Act read with Section 96 of Civil Procedure Code<br \/>\n\tare against the judgment and award dated 12\/8\/2005 passed by the<br \/>\n\tlearned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Gandhinagar in several<br \/>\n\treference cases.\n<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\n\tappellant had acquired certain land on temporary basis of the<br \/>\n\toriginal claimants under Section 35 of the Land Acquisition Act,<br \/>\n\t1894 (hereinafter referred to as the Act).  After following<br \/>\n\tprocedure the Land Acquisition Officer vide his order dated<br \/>\n\t30\/1\/1988 awarded compensation at the rate of Rs.0.60 per sq. mtr.<br \/>\n\tin LAQ Case No.16\/87\/G per year.  Feeling aggrieved by the said<br \/>\n\tdecision, the claimants filed references before the learned<br \/>\n\tPrincipal Senior Civil Judge, Gandhinagar claiming additional rental<br \/>\n\tcompensation at the rate of Rs.3\/- per sq. mtr. per year. The<br \/>\n\tlearned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Gandhinagar has awarded<br \/>\n\tadditional compensation at the rate of Rs.3\/- per sq. mtr. per<br \/>\n\tannum.  It is against the said award the present appeals have been<br \/>\n\tfiled.\n<\/p>\n<p>Learned<br \/>\n\tAdvocate for the appellant submitted that the issue involved in<br \/>\n\tthese appeals is squarely covered by the ratio laid down in the case<br \/>\n\tof Oil &amp; Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Vs. Sankarji Hemaji &amp;<br \/>\n\tAnr reported in [2008] 17 GHJ (523). The operative part of the said<br \/>\n\tJudgment reads as under:\n<\/p>\n<p>?S41.\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>The<br \/>\n\tratio 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, these appeals are 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>The<br \/>\n\toffice is directed to send the Record and Proceedings forthwith.\n<\/p>\n<p>(K.S.Jhaveri,<br \/>\nJ.) <\/p>\n<p>(ila)<\/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 4 August, 2008 Author: Ks Jhaveri,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print FA\/2992\/2008 5\/ 5 JUDGMENT IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD FIRST APPEAL No. 2992 of 2008 With FIRST APPEAL No. 2993 of 2008 To FIRST APPEAL No. 2995 of 2008 For Approval and [&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-241801","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 v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>General vs Patel on 4 August, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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