Appeal by certificate from the judgment and order dated July 16, 17, 1968 of the Bombay High Court in S.C.A. No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Sikri, C.J. This appeal by certificate of fitness granted by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench, is directed against the Judgment of the High Court in Writ Petition No.
N. Tikku and Vineet Kumar, for AdvocateGeneral, J. K. Intervener .
V. Natu, K. K. Khamberker, P. Kesava Pillai and M. R. Pillai, for respondent No.
D. Sharma, for respondent No.
226 and 227 of the Constitution, by Vithal Rao, respondent fore us, hereinafter referred to as the petitioner.
45,910/ for 44.19 acres of land acquired.
504 of 1967 filed under arts.
The petitioner was a tenant of some fields in village Binakhi in Petwari Circle No.
On June, 15, 1967 the petitioner filed the writ petition under arts.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
Goburdhan, for Advocate General, Bihar Intervener .
On February 28, 1966 proceedings were started before the Land Acquisition Officer and on June 12, 1967 an award was passed by the Land Acquisition Officer fixing the companypensation at Rs.
M. Nair, for Advocate General, Kerala Intervener .
S. Dharinadhjkari, Advocate General, Madhya Pradesh and N. Shroff, for Advocate General Madhya Pradesh InterVener P, Rana, for Advocate General U.P. Intervener .
M. Tarkunde, Y. R. Dandige and A. G. Ratnaparkhi, for appellant No.
2139 of 1968.
10, Nagpur.
He had applied to the Agricultural Lands Tribunal under a local act for fixing the purchase price of the said fields.
V. Rangam and A. Subhashini, for Advocate General, Tamil Nadu Intervener .
It was passed before the Government of India Act, 1935 came into force.
This Act came into force on December 25, 1936.
On May 3, 1962, a numberice was issued under s. 39 of the Nagpur Improvement Trust Act, 1936 hereinafter referred to as the Improvement Act.
On November 17, 1961 the Improvement Trust applied for sanction of its scheme by the Government, and on January 9, 1965, the Government sanctioned the scheme under s. 45 of the Improvement Act.
14 of the Constitution inasmuch as it empowered the acquisition of lands at prices lower than those which would have been payable if they had been acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
In this petition the validity of the Improvement Act was challenged on various grounds, one of the grounds being that the Improvement Act was in violation of Art.
504 of 1967.
