UNION OF INDIA Vs. RAMESH KUMAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE time for filing the Court fee is extended till today. The application stands disposed of.

(2.) THE land of the respondents no.1 to 5 having been acquired for planned development of Delhi and the Land Acquisition Collector vide Award no.28/2002- 2003 granted compensation @ 13.82 lac per acre in respect of the land which he placed in Block-A and @ Rs.12.32 lac per acre in respect of the land placed by him in Block-B. Being dissatisfied with the compensation awarded by the Land Acquisition Collector, the respondents no.1 to 5 sought a Reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act. In the said Reference being LAC No.190/09/05, the learned Additional District Judge vide judgment dated 25.4.2012, relying upon the decision of this Court in Ranbir Sharma vs. Union of India [LPA No.587/2008 decided on 6.1.2011], awarded the following compensation to the respondents:

(3.) The learned counsel appearing for the appellant/ UOI fairly concedes that since the land in question pertains to Village Bijwasan, which was also the subject matter of LPA 587/2008, Ranbir Sharma (supra), the case is fully covered by the aforesaid judgment. He also admits that this is not the case of the appellant that the land of the respondents was in any manner inferior to the land of Ranbir Sharma or that the land in the case of Ranbir Sharma was in any manner superior to the land of the respondents no.1 to 5 in this case. If that is so, there would be no reason to respondents no.1 to 5 getting compensation less than what was granted by this Court in the case of Ranbir Sharma (supra). The learned counsel appearing for the appellant further states that he is not aware whether any Special Leave Petition was filed by them against the decision of this Court in Ranbir Sharma (supra). In these circumstances, there would be no reason for not taking the same view which this Court had taken in the case of Ranbir Sharma (supra). Since on merits the appeal cannot succeed, I do not need to go into the question as to whether there is sufficient cause for condonation of delay in filing the appeal or not. The appeal as well as CM 7169/2013 for condonation of delay in filing the appeal are dismissed.