Arunendu Deb v. L And Acquisition Collector, West Tripura And ANR
THEHIGHCOURTOFTRIPURA AGARTALA LA.App.No.41of2011 LA.App.No.42of2011 LA.App.No.45of2011 LA.App.No.48of2011 InLA.App.No.41of2011 Appellants: 1. Smti.RatnaDeb,
2. Miss.SanghitaDeb,
3. ShriKishalayDeb,
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2 Considering the above, very meticulously I have examined all the materials available in my hand like sale deeds under Exbt.1 series and A series basingontheprevailingmarketpricesince2000 A.D. while comparing the deeds under Exbt.1 series it appears that one deed No.1C1120 dated 25.02.1994isthedeedofgiftbetweenfatherand son. Since the said deed is not a sale deed, the same cannot be taken into consideration for the purposeofcomparisonandtheanothersaledeed No.1C733 dated 22.01.2001, under Exbt.1 series shows that the land of the said sale deed falls under MoujaCAgartala, sheet No.2 but no authenticmapwasadducedtolocatethelandof thesaledeed inquestion andacquiredland.
The acquiredlandsinquestionintheinstantcasesare under sheet No.1 so the sale instance under Exbt.1 series (sale deed No.
the sale deed under Exbt.A series adduced on behalf of the L.A. Collector it appears that the land of the sale deed is undoubtedly situated in MoujaCAgartalaSheetNo.1andthesaidsaledeed bearingNo.3638dated26.04.2000 wasexecuted at the consideration of Rs.38,09,523/C per kani. Butthescheduleofthementioninthesaledeed under Exbt.A series, does not indicate that the said land within or nearby the acquired lands in question.Sincetheacquiredlandweresituatedin the commercial area of Durga Chowmuhani market,undoubtedly,thelandsinacquisitionhad got high potentiality since the sale instances submittedunderExbt.
1seriesarenotconsidered to be comparable in assessing the value of the acquired lands, except of the acquired lands of Misc.(LA)110of2005andMisc.(LA)116of2005 this court has to go forward with guess work. Therefore, from guesswork this court is of the opinionthat itwouldbejustifiedifthevaluation oftheacquiredlandsarefixedasRs.45,00,000/C per kani except the acquired lands of Misc (LA) 110/05 and Misc(LA) 116/2005, wherein the LA Collector assessed the valuation of land at Rs.26,00,000/Cperkani. [4] "8 6 ! ! !
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! #B ! Viluben Jhalejar Contractor (Dead) by Lrs. vs. State of Gujarat, # (2005) 4 SCC 789 #B! % 2 20. The amount of compensation cannot be ascertained with mathematical accuracy. A comparable instance has to be identified having regard to the proximity from time angle as well as proximity from situation angle. For determining the market value of the land under acquisition, suitable adjustmenthastobemadehavingregardtovarious
positiveandnegativefactorsvisCàCvisthelandunder acquisition by placing the two in juxtaposition. The positiveandnegativefactorsareasunder:
(i)Smallnessofsize (i)largenessofarea (ii)proximitytoaroad (ii)situationintheinterior atadistancefromtheroad (iii)frontageonaroad (iii) narrow strip of land with very small frontage comparedtodepth (iv) nearness to developedarea (iv) lower level requiring the depressed portion to befilledup (v)regularshape (v) remoteness from developedlocality (vi)levelvisCaCvisland underacquisition (vi) some special disadvantageous factors which would deter a purchaser (vii) special value for an owner of an adjoining property to whom it may have some very special advantage [8] $ ( !
! #B ! Mehrawal Khewaji Trust (Regd.), Faridkot and Ors. vs. State of PunjabandOrs., # AIR2012SC2721
! . #B! 2 15.Itisclearthatwhenthereareseveralexemplars withreferencetosimilarlands,itisthegeneralrule that the highest of the exemplars, if it is satisfied, thatitisabonafidetransactionhastobeconsidered and accepted. When the land is being compulsorily taken away from a person, he is entitled to the highest value which similar land in the locality is shown to have fetched in a bona fide transaction entered into between a willing purchaser and a willing seller near about the time of the acquisition. Inourview,itseemstobeonlyfairthatwheresale deeds pertaining to different transactions are relied on behalf of the Government, the transaction representingthehighestvalueshouldbepreferredto the rest unless there are strong circumstances justifying a different course. It is not desirable to take an average of various sale deeds placed before theauthority/courtforfixingfaircompensation.
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2 "the land under acquisition is situated on the south and north of Durga Chowmuhani Bridge along the main road running from Durga Chowmuhani to Airport.Outof0.1098 acres ofland, onlyan areaof 0.0087 acres are situated on the north of the Durga ChowmuhaniBridgeandtherestlandsituatedonthe south of the Durga Chowmuhani Bridge. The land underacquisitionbeingtheconstructionofapproach roadonbothsidesoftheDurgaChowmuhaniBridge mainlyconcernedwithwideningoftheexistingroad. Intheinstantprojectlandfallingontheeasternside ofthemainroadisaffected.Landfallingonthesouth of the Durga Chowmuhani Bridge are the part land running shops.
Land falling on the North of Durga Chowmuhani are the part of homestead being viti only.Thelandunderacquisitionhaspotentialityand theentirelandsonthesouthofthebridgearebeing used as shops. Durga Chowmuhani market is within onefurlongfromtheacquiredland.' [12] D% % ' % ! B# 0330) 444: ! !%. B# 444: !7 !
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