{"id":29327,"date":"2008-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jethabhai-vs-state-on-11-september-2008"},"modified":"2018-02-08T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T04:30:59","slug":"jethabhai-vs-state-on-11-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jethabhai-vs-state-on-11-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"Jethabhai vs State on 11 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Jethabhai vs State on 11 September, 2008<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: R.M.Doshit,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Mr.Justice D.Dave,&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\nSCA\/28840\/2007\t 6\/ 6\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 28840 of 2007\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nJETHABHAI\nSAGTHABHAI KOLI - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 1 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nBN PATEL for\nPetitioner(s) : 1, 1.2.1, 1.2.2,1.2.3  \nMs.Nair, AGP for\nRespondent(s) : 1, \nNone for Respondent(s) :\n2, \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\tMS. JUSTICE R.M.DOSHIT\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE SHARAD D.DAVE\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 11\/09\/2008 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE R.M.DOSHIT)<\/p>\n<p>\t\tFeeling<br \/>\naggrieved by the order dated 2nd  February, 2006 made by<br \/>\nthe Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation SIPU<br \/>\nProject of Palanpur under Section 28A(3) of the Land Acquisition Act,<br \/>\n1894 (hereinafter referred to as,  the Act ),<br \/>\nthe petitioners   original land owners have preferred the present<br \/>\npetition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe<br \/>\npetitioners are the residents of village Jantral, Taluka Dhanera,<br \/>\nDistrict Banaskantha. Their land Survey No.75\/3 paiki admeasuring<br \/>\n1-Hectare-21-Are-41 sq.meters was acquired for SIPU project. In Land<br \/>\nAcquisition Case No.3\/1984 the award for compensation was made on 1st<br \/>\nFebruary, 1989. The said award was accepted by the petitioners. The<br \/>\npetitioners did not seek reference as envisaged by Section 18 of the<br \/>\nAct. However, feeling aggrieved by the said award, certain other land<br \/>\nowners whose lands were also acquired in the said acquisition<br \/>\nproceeding sought reference under Section 18 of the Act. All such<br \/>\nreferences were decided by the District Court on 31st<br \/>\nMarch, 1993. The petitioners approached the Deputy Collector on 4th<br \/>\nSeptember, 1996 for additional compensation as envisaged by Section<br \/>\n28A(1) of the Act. The Land Acquisition Officer, by his order made on<br \/>\n26th August, 2002, rejected the said application as<br \/>\ntime-barred. Feeling aggrieved, the petitioners sought reference to<br \/>\nthe District Court under Section 28A(3) of the Act. The said<br \/>\napplication has been rejected. Therefore, the present petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tMr.Patel<br \/>\nhas submitted that the authority below has erred in not making<br \/>\nreference to the District Court as envisaged by Section 28A(3) of the<br \/>\nAct. He has submitted that the application made by the petitioners<br \/>\nunder Section 28A(1) of the Act has been rejected by the authority<br \/>\nbelow as time-barred. The said order is also an award within the<br \/>\nmeaning of sub-section (2) of Section 28A of the Act. The authority<br \/>\nbelow was, therefore, required to make reference to the District<br \/>\nCourt.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tAs<br \/>\nto the limitation, Mr.Patel has relied upon the averments made in the<br \/>\napplication. He has submitted that though the references were decided<br \/>\non 31st March, 1993, the petitioners acquired knowledge in<br \/>\nthe month of September, 1996. The application made by the petitioners<br \/>\nwas, therefore, within the period of three months specified in<br \/>\nsub-section (1) of Section 28A of the Act. He has relied upon the<br \/>\njudgment of the Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court in the matter of Parsottambhai<br \/>\nMaganbhai Patel and others v\/s. State of Gujarat through Dy.Collector<br \/>\nModasa and another [(2005)7 SCC<br \/>\n431]. He has submitted that as held by the Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court the<br \/>\nperiod of limitation would commence on the date of the knowledge. He<br \/>\nhas submitted that the petitioners were not parties to the reference<br \/>\nmade to the District Court. They, therefore, had no knowledge about<br \/>\nthe award passed by the District Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe<br \/>\npetition is contested by the learned AGP Ms.Nair. She has relied upon<br \/>\nthe judgment of the Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court in the matter of State<br \/>\nof Andhra Pradesh and another v\/s. Marri Venkaiah and others [AIR<br \/>\n2003 SC 2949]. She has submitted that in view of the specific wording<br \/>\nof the enactment it is the date of the award which is relevant for<br \/>\ncomputation of period of limitation and not the date of the<br \/>\nknowledge. The Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court has held that,  &#8230;Plain<br \/>\nlanguage of the aforesaid section would only mean that the period of<br \/>\nlimitation is three months from the date of the award of the Court.<br \/>\nIt is also provided that in computing the period of three months, the<br \/>\nday on which the award was pronounced and the time requisite for<br \/>\nobtaining the copy of the award is to be excluded. Therefore, the<br \/>\naforesaid provision crystallizes that application under S.28-A is to<br \/>\nbe filed within three months from the date of the award by the Court<br \/>\nby only excluding the time requisite for obtaining copy. Hence, it is<br \/>\ndifficult to infer further exclusion of time on the ground of<br \/>\nacquisition of knowledge by the applicant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tWe<br \/>\nare unable to agree with Mr.Patel. First, on the point of delay, the<br \/>\nlanguage of sub-section (1) of Section 28A of the Act is explicit. As<br \/>\nexplained by the Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court the only date which is<br \/>\nrelevant for computation of period of limitation is the date of the<br \/>\npronouncement of the award. The date of knowledge is not relevant for<br \/>\nthe purpose.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tAs<br \/>\nto the maintainability of the application for reference under Section<br \/>\n28A(3) of the Act, we are of the opinion that the authority below has<br \/>\nrightly rejected the application. Sub-section (3) of Section 28A of<br \/>\nthe Act provides for a reference to the District Court in respect of<br \/>\na person who has not accepted an award made under sub-section (2)<br \/>\nthereof. Sub-section (2) of Section 28A of the Act enjoins the<br \/>\nCollector to conduct an inquiry and make an award determining the<br \/>\namount of compensation payable to the applicants. Thus, in case of<br \/>\nthe award made by the Collector determining the amount of<br \/>\ncompensation alone, a reference under sub-section (3) of Section 28-A<br \/>\nof the Act can be sought.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tIn<br \/>\nthe present case, the application made by the petitioners was<br \/>\nrejected as it was not made within three months specified in<br \/>\nsub-section (1) of Section 28A of the Act. There was no occasion for<br \/>\nthe Collector to make award under sub-section (2) of Section 28A of<br \/>\nthe Act. In our opinion, the application for reference made under<br \/>\nsub-section (3) of Section 28A of the Act was not maintainable. The<br \/>\napplication has rightly been rejected by the authority below.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNo<br \/>\nother contention is raised before us. For the aforesaid reasons, the<br \/>\npetition is dismissed in limine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Ms.R.M.Doshit,<br \/>\nJ)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(<br \/>\nSharad D Dave, J )<\/p>\n<p>srilatha<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Jethabhai vs State on 11 September, 2008 Author: R.M.Doshit,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Mr.Justice D.Dave,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCA\/28840\/2007 6\/ 6 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 28840 of 2007 ========================================================= JETHABHAI SAGTHABHAI KOLI &#8211; Petitioner(s) Versus STATE OF GUJARAT &amp; 1 &#8211; Respondent(s) ========================================================= [&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-29327","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 v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jethabhai vs State on 11 September, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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