Supreme Court of India
Surinder Singh Brar and Others Etc.etc. v. Union of India and Others
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the D Adviser to the Administrator was not competent to accord approval to the initiation of the acquisition proceedings or take decision on the reports submitted by the LAO under Section 5-A (2) of the Act and record his satisfaction that the land was needed for the specified public purpose.
Judgment, page 76
From the headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - ss.4, SA and 6 - Land Acquisition in Union Territory of Chandigarh - Power of the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh to sanction acquisition - Held: Acquisition of land for and on behalf of Union Territories must be sanctioned by the Administrator of the particular Union Territory - No other officer competent to exercise the power vested in 'the appropriate Government' under the Act and the Rules framed thereunder - Nothing in language of s.3(1) of the 1987 Act from which it can be inferred that the Administrator of the Union Territory of…
Authorities it was built on
- 2005 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. Darius Shapur Chenai and Ors.
- 1974 Aflatoon and Others v. Lt. Governor of Delhi & Others
- 1979 State of Punjab v. Gurdial Singh & Ors.
- 1963 Nandeshwar Prasad and Another v. The State of U. P. and Others
- 1996 Ajay Krishan Shinghal Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1995 State of Tamil Nadu and Ors. Etc. v. L. Krlshanan and Ors. Etc.
- 2008 Sooraram Pratap Reddy & Ors. v. District Collector, Ranga Reddy Distt. & Ors.
- 1993 Gandhi Grah Nirman Sahkari Samiti Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.
- 1967 Rai Bahadur Ganga Bishnu Swaika & Ors. v. Calcutta Pinjrapole Society & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2016 Kedar Nath Yadav v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
- 2018 Government of Nct of Delhi v. Union of India & Another
- 2013 Gojer Brothers Private Limited v. The State of West Bengal and Others
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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