The appellant shall be entitled to further 15 per cent solatium in addition to the 15 per cent already granted to him.
The High Court has thus granted three more reliefs to the claimant i Additional amount at the rate of 12 per cent of the market value from the date of numberification under section 4 till the date of taking over possession ii interest at the rare of 9 for the first year from the date of taking possession and 15 per cent for the subsequent years and iii solatium at 30 per cent on the market value.
This claim was apparently based on the new provisions introduced by the Amending Act 68 of 1984.
To the extent indicat ed above, the award shall stand modified.
Shortly thereafter there was another decision by a three Judge Bench in Bhag Singh v. Union Territory of Chand igarh, 1985 3 SCC 737.
The appellant is further entitled to interest at the rate of 9 for the first year from the date of taking over possession and thereafter at the rate of 15 per annum till the date of deposit or payment as the case may be.
The Court also awarded solatium at 15 per cent and interest at 6 per cent from the date of taking possession till payment of companypensation.
From the Judgment and Order dated 7.9.1987 of the Bombay High Court in First Appeal No.
This decision was rendered on 14 February 1985.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
On 5 March 1969 the Land Acquisition Officer declared award determining companypensation at the rate of 40 paise per square meter with solatium at 15 per cent.
24 of 1986.
The facts are number in dispute and may be stated as follows By numberification under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 the Act published in the Government Gazette on 26 October 1967, the State Government declared its intention to acquire the land belonging to the respondent for estab lishing Naval Air Station Dabolim.
Anil Dev Singh, C. Ramesh, C.V.S. Rao and P. Parmeshwa ran for the Appellants.
4802 of 1989.
Not being satisfied, the claimant preferred an appeal to the High Court seeking further enhancement of companypensation and also solatium at 30 per cent.
On 23 February 1968, numberification under section 6 was published in the Gazette.
On 28th May 1985, the Court after investigation of the claim awarded companypensation at Rs.3 per square meter.
K. Mehta, Dhruv Mehta, Aman Vachher, Atul Nanda and M. Satin for the Respondent.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by JAGANNATHA SHETrY, J. Special Leave granted.
