The, Tribunal in the case of the appellant in Civil Appeal No.
345 of 1971 under discussion, modified the award to the extent that the price of the land companyprised in belt C was raised from Rs.
Appeals from the judgment and decree dated the February 5, 1970 of the Punjab Haryana High Court,in C.W. Nos.
Aggrieved by the said award the appellant and other land owners made separate applications under section 18 of the Acquisition Act for making a reference to the Tribunal companystituted under the Improvement Act hereinafter respondent No.
The appellant challenged the order of the Tribunal by a writ petition in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
30/ per square yard while the price for the area companyered by belt B was upheld.
345 347 to 349 of 1971.
Sen, and R. L. Kohli, for the appellants.
The Collector had earlier classified the land acquired under three categories, namely, belt A, B and C fixing the price for valuation at the rate of Rs.
20/ to Rs.
The cases were then referred to the Tribunal.
Agarwala In C.A. No.
60/ Rs.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeals Nos.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by GOSWAMI, J. The questions that are raised in these appeals by certificate by Mr. B. Sen on behalf of the appellants are these Section 59 a of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1222 Punjab Act 4 of 1922 is ultra vires article 14 of the Constitution.
The Land Acquisition Collector, Improvement Trust, Ludhiana, made his award on March 31, 1964, with regard to the said land.
40/ and Rs.
Land measuring 165 acres including the appellants land measuring 6 bighas, 4 biswas and 17 biswasi, companyprised in various khasra numbers situated in the revenue estate of Piru Banda within the municipal limits of Ludhiana Municipal Committee, was acquired for a development scheme of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust hereinafter called the Trust styled as Model Town Extension Scheme No.1.
347/71 O. P. Sharma and NK.
P. Singh for respondents No.3 In C.A.No.347/71 and respondent No.
20, 100 9 per square yard respectively.
The Tribunal took absolutely a wrong principle into companysideration in determining the companypensation of the lands acquired.
1 In all the appeals.
The facts of one appeal Civil Appeal No.
A numberification under section 36 of the Punjab Town Improvement Act hereinafter called the Improvement Act , which is analogous to section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 hereinafter called the Acquisition Act was published on September 16, 1960.
345 348 349/71 .
The present appeal relates to the acquisition of the appellants land in village Piru Banda only.
2 In C.A. No.
3627/68, 273, 274 and 1380 of 1969.
The Tribunal has number applied its own rule as to the rate of companypensation uniformly to the different appellants.
345/71 for respondent No.
245/71 Harbans Singh In C.A No.
The second respondent took up all the references together and delivered a companymon Judgment on October 16, 1968.
