LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER, PUNJAB v. ANUDEEP KAUR AND ORS.
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Headnote — Supreme Court Reports (editorial summary, not part of the judgment)
S.23( 1-A)-Acquisition of land-Compensatio1t-Award of Land Ac- quisition Officer passed on 30.7.1981--
Held
Section has no application to C award-Civil court has no jurisdiction to award additional amount.
Held
The award of the Land Acquisition Officer being of July 30, 1981, s.23(1-A) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 has no application to the award. The civil court has no jurisdiction to award the additional amount. E [358-A] CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Civil Appeal Nos. 11859-60 of 1995.
Reporter's headnote (continued) and case details
DECEMBER 8, 1995
[K. RAMASWAMY AND B.L. HANSAR!A, JJ.] B
Land Acquisition Ac~ 1894 :
The State Government filed the present appeal challenging the judg- ment of the High Court, which dismissed its civil revision against the judgment of the civil court awarding additional amount under s.23(1-A) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. D Allowing the appeal, this Court
From the Judgment and Order dated 22.4.93 of the Punjab & Haryana High Court in C.R. Nos. 3373-74 of 1991. F
G.K. Bansal for the Appellaot;
Aniit Rawat, Rajesh K. Sharma and Goodwill Indeevar for the Respondents. G
Judgment
The following Order of the Court was delivered :
Leave graoted. • The controversy is no longer res-integra as regards entitlement to payment of additional amount under section 23(1-A) of the Land Acquisi- H 357
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A tion Act, 1894, as amended by act 68 of 1984. The award of the Land Acquisition Officer is dated July 30, 1981. Therefore, Section 23(1-A) has no application to the award in question. Under these circumstances, the Civil Court has no jurisdiction to amend the award and decree awarding additional amount under Section 23(1-A). The High Court equally com- B milted an error of law in dismissing the civil revision in that behalf.
The appeals are accordingly allowed to the above extent. No costs.
R.P. Appeals allowed.
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