Supreme Court of India

Mohammad Yusuf and Others Etc. Etc. v. State of Haryana and Others

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Reported as [2018] 3 S.C.R. 1075
Bench R. K. Agrawal and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ.
Decided 16 April 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that a cut at the rate of 10 % is very reasonable towards development of acquired land as some further develo pment would obviously be required to make it fit for the purpose for whi ch it was acquired.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.4, 9, 18 and 23 – La nd in Firozpur village acquired by respondent-State for c onstruction of Mini Secretariat – Land Acquisition Collector (LAC) a ssessed the market value of the acquired land as Rs. 16 lakhs per acre along with 30% solatium and 12% additional amount to the landho lders – Land Acquisition Collector-cum-SDO( ) on reference e nhanced the compensation to Rs. 72,00,000/- per acre and ap plied the development cut at the rate of 55% and a further cu t of 5% on account of waiting period, totaling to 60% and dete rmined compensation at Rs. 28,80,000/-

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