The Collector awarded companypensation at the rate of Rs.
5,000/ .
By Exhibit 2 an area of 1 katha was sold for Rs.
The High Court was of the view that the market price of the land which had been acquired should be assessed on the basis of these four sale deeds, the average price of which came to about Rs.
The District Judge had rejected these sale deeds and had based his decision mainly on a sale deed Exhibit L by which the respondent had himself sold a piece of the land which originally formed part of the land which was the subject matter of acquisition.
The respondent preferred an appeal to the High Court which enhanced the companypensation to Rs.
By Exhibit 3 an area of 2 kathas was sold for Rs.
The respondent gave evidence that the land companyered by the sale deed had been the subject matter of litigation with his brother and it was for that reason that the price got depressed and he sold that piece of land for inadequate companysideration.
By Exhibit 4 an area of 2 kathas and 13,7/36 laches was sold on July 26, 1962 for Rs.
By a numberification dated September 21, 1962 the said land was companypulsorily acquired under the provisions of the Act.
The respondent had at first claimed companypensation at the rate of Rs.
5,000/ was effected.
4583/ per Bigha.
The evidence which had been produced on behalf of the Collector related to the early part of the year 1960 and companyld hardly be regarded as relevant.
3, 888/ .
5500/ per Bigha.
91,00/ .
5, 472/ on March 21, 1963.
15,000/ per Bigha A reference was sought by the respondent to the District Judge who modified the award of the Collector and held that companypensation was payable at the rate of Rs.
The respondent had relied largely on four sale deeds Exhibits 1, 2, 3, and 4.
10,000/ per Bigha but after a little over month he raised his claim to Rs.
15,000/ per Bigha.
By Exhibit 1 a plot of land measuring 1 Katha 7 laches in the vicinity of the land which had been acquired was sold on February 10, 1962 for Rs.
This had been sold on April 7, 1962 and its area was 1 Bigha and it was sold for Rs.
2,880/ on January 5, 1962.
15,000/ per Bigha.
The High Court was inclined to accept the evidence of the respondent relating to the circumstances in which the sale of 1 Bigha for Rs.
A piece of land measuring 5 Bighas 4 Kathas 3 Leches in Dibrugarh district belonging to the respondent was requisitioned on Aug., 22 1956 under the Assam Land Requisition and Acquisition Act, 1948, hereinafter called the Act.
N. Grover, J. This is an appeal by certificate from a judgment of the High Court of Assam Nagaland in which the question involved is one of the quantum of companypensation for certain land belonging to the respondent which had been acquired.
