The learned Sub Judge allowed the References by enhancing the rate of companypensation for 1 Wetlands 2 Irrigated Dry Lands 3 Dry lands 4 House Sites and 5 Cashew Thope.
For the expansion of the existing mines and dumping yard for Neyveli Lignite Corporation hereinafter referred to as the Corporation , lands were acquired in various villages in South Arcot District.
Those Appeals were disposed of by a companymon order on 16th March, 1989 with the following directions The Corporation shall deposit 40 of the enhanced companypensation and the claimants can withdraw the same without security.
The Corporation filed seven appeals.
Against the enhancement of companypensation, the Government filed appeals in which companyditional stay was granted by way of an interim order by the High Court.
Since, the High Court had rejected the prayer of the Corporation to remand the matters to the Reference Court to enable the Corporation to adduce evidence, the Corporation filed 83 Special Leave Petitions against that order in this Court.
Against the said order, the Corporation filed 63 Special Leave Petitions in this Court during 1986 1988.
It was held inter alia that the Corporation was number a person interested and therefore was number required to be heard in the matter of fixation of companypensation.
A large number of References were filed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act by the land holders subsequently.
The Writ Petitions were disposed of by a Full Bench on 28th April, 1989.
The Appeals were allowed by this Court by the judgment reported as Neyveli Lignite Corporation v. Special Tehsildar holding that the Corporation is a person interested.
Against the judgment of the High Court dated 10th June, 1991, the claimant land holders filed six Special Leave Petitions in this Court.
It refused to remand the matters to the Reference Court as requested by the Corporation.
Some of the Appeals were decided by a Division Bench of the High Court on 10th June, 1991.
Special Leave Petitions were filed in this Court against the Full Bench judgment of the High Court.
The High Court reduced the rate of companypensation in respect of Cashew Thope Lands, House Sites and Manavari Dry Lands.
This batch of 89 civil appeals have a chequered history.
It decided the States appeals on merits, after hearing the Corporation, but fixed the same rates as were fixed by the Bench which decided some appeals earlier on 10.6.91, but two additional categorisations of land were made.
The Corporation shall directly pay 50 of the enhanced companypensation, on security to the satisfaction of the Registrar High Court.
After 1995, another Division Bench of the High Court disposed of the remaining appeals pending in the High Court.
The balance 10 to be retained by the Corporation till disposal of the Appeals.
Leave granted.
The matters were remanded to the High Court with a direction that the Writ Petitions be treated as Appeals and that the Corporation be impleaded as a party respondent in the pending References also.
