DEFENCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Vs. ANJANAPPA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) All these appeals and Special Leave Petitions have been preferred against various impugned judgments and orders passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in various appeals including M.A. No. 2588 of 2004 by which the High Court has enhanced the amount of compensation.

(2.) The facts and circumstances giving rise to these appeals and special leave petitions mostly disposed of by a common judgment impugned before us had been that:

(3.) The High Court had adopted the method of 10 per cent increase every year in the market value of the land and used the exemplar to conclude that the appellant cannot be permitted to acquire the land of the respondents at the price lesser than the market value of their land. The Court placed reliance on the earlier judgments of the Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka and held that the land was comparable to the lands wherein the award dated 13.11.2002 had been delivered in LAC No. 263 of 1996. The land in question had a potential value on the date of preliminary Notification as was evident from the oral evidence adduced before the Reference Court. There was no dispute that the land which was subject matter of LAC 263 of 1996 and the lands in question were in contiguous and same geographical situation. After reaching the conclusion by the court, the award was given as per the market value as referred to hereinabove.