STATE OF UTTARAKHAND Vs. RAVI KUMAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Sri L.P. Naithani, Advocate General, Sri Vinod Nautiyal, Standing Counsel and Sri Sudhir Singh, Brief Holder for the appellant and Sri D.S. Patni and Sri Sidharth Sah Counsel for the respondents.

(2.) PRESENT four appeals have been preferred against the common judgment and award dated 21.2.2006 passed by the Additional District Judge, Haldwani in L.A.C. No. 187 of 1986, L.C.A. No. 15 of 1987, L.C.A. No. 16 of 1987 and L.C.A. No. 59 of 1987.

(3.) ON behalf of Opposite party State, it has been asserted that at the time of noti­fication the owner of the land was State and the applicant has got no Bhumidhari right over the land in dispute. The sale pur­chase made by the parties of the land in dispute is also illegal. The valuation of the land was made properly by the Land Ac­quisition Officer according to the provi­sions of section 23 of the Land Acquisition Act.