Supreme Court of India

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

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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 development would obviously be required to make it fit for the purpose for which it was acquired.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.4, 9, 18 and 23 – Land in Firozpur village acquired by respondent-State for construction of Mini Secretariat – Land Acquisition Collector (LAC) assessed the market value of the acquired land as Rs. 16 lakhs per acre along with 30% solatium and 12% additional amount to the landholders – Land Acquisition Collector-cum-SDO( ) on reference enhanced the compensation to Rs. 72,00,000/- per acre and applied the development cut at the rate of 55% and a further cut of 5% on account of waiting period, totaling to 60% and determined compensation at Rs.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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