Notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act for the acquisition of the land was issued on April 7, 1951.
In addition to that, he awarded a sum of Rs.
The rate of solatium for or companypulsory acquisition was increased by the High Court from ten per cent to fifteen per cent.
In this respect, we find that the High Court has companysidered most of the above circumstances and has companye to the companyclusion that Re.
The Land Acquisition Officer as per award dated June 13, 1961 awarded companypensation for the land at the rate of Rs.
1 per square yard represents fair market value of the land in dispute.
The appellant number being satisfied with the award of the Additional District Judge took the matter in appeal to the High Court.
Read and is situated near the tehsil building and the railway station.
1,000 which had been awarded by the Land Acquisition Officer.
100 per bigha.
10 per square yard.
Computing solatium at the rate of 10 per cent, the total amount awarded by District Judge to the appellant was Rs.
2,500 for the loss of earnings to the appellant.
The appellant was also awarded Rs.
The appellant thereupon obtained a certificate of fitness for appeal to this Court under Article 133 1 a of the Constitution, as it stood at that, time.
Learned companynsel has also referred to the fact that small plots of land adjoining the land in dispute were sold at rates of Rs, 9 and Rs.
900 per bigha.
It is further stated that the land in question abuts Ashok Nagar Isa garb.
800 for a house standing on the land.
32,285 besides interest at the rate of six per cent per annum.
1,000 as companypensation for a well which had been sunk in the land and Rs.
8 per square yard during the years 1958 to 1960.
He accordingly had the matter referred to the District Judge.
the appellant was awarded a sum of Rupees 7,616 including solatium at the rate of fifteen per cent by the Land Acquisition Officer.
3,000 as against the amount of Rs.
In all.
1 per square yard for the land in question The High Court also awarded Rs.
The appellant wanted companypensation for the land at the rate of Rs.
The High Court has also referred to the special circumstances under which the small plots were sold and their price was fixed.
In other respects, the award of the Land Acquisition Officer was upheld.
The High Court awarded companypensation to the appellant at the rate of Re.
1,175 for large trees and Rupees 1,880 for small trees standing on the land.
In all the appellant was held entitled to a companypensation of Rupees 88.381 besides interest at the rate of six per cent per annum.
Regarding the well, the Additional District Judge awarded companypensation of Rs.
The land sought to be acquired measured 68,658 square yards.
R. Khanna, J. This is an appeal on certificate by Prithvi Raj Taneja number deceased and represented by his legal representatives against the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court whereby the High Court partially accepted the appeal filed by the appellant regarding the quantum of companypensation for the acquisition of land.
