Supreme Court of India

Raja Harish Chandra Raj Singh v. The Deputy Land Acquisition Officer and Another

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Reported as [1962] 1 S.C.R. 676
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 30 March 1961

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What the Court ordered

In the result we allow the appeal, set aside the orders passed by Mootham, C. J. and Chaturvedi, J., and restore those of Mehrotra, J. In the circum­ stances of this case there would be no order as to costs.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Limitation-Land Acquisition-Award by Collector-Notice of award not given-Application for reference to Court-Time for making-Land Acq,.isition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), s. 18. Certain lands belonging to the appellant were compulsorily acquired. The Collector made an award with respect to the amount of compensation, signed and filed it in his office as required by s. 12(1) Land Acquisition Act on March 19, 1950. But no notice of the award, as required bys. 12(2), was given to the appellant. The appellaht came to know of the award on or about January 13, 1953. and on February 24, 1953, he filed an

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