RAJINDER SINGH Vs. LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR & ORS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This order will dispose of six petitions bearing CWP Nos.2660, 3642, 3600, 3618, 3643 of 2009 and CWP No.5684 of 2010 since common questions of facts and law are involved in the same.

(2.) The land of the petitioners was acquired vide notification under Section 36 dated 24.5.1974 of the Town Improvement Act 1922, (hereinafter referred to as the Act) for development scheme framed by Amritsar Improvement Trust for the area bounded by Burj Baba Phula Singh Road, G.T. Road Chamrangan Road and the Outer Circle Road, Amritsar. The declaration under Section 42 of the Act was issued on 9.5.1977. The Land Acquisition Collector, Amritsar Improvement Trust vide Award dated 3.8.1978 categorised the land into three belts as under:

(3.) The petitioners were not satisfied with the compensation determined by the Land Acquisition Collector and preferred references under Section 18, of the Land Acquisition Act, to the Land Acquisition Tribunal, Amritsar Improvement Trust, Amritsar. The learned Tribunal vide judgment dated 11.8.2008, held that the compensation of the acquired land was correctly assessed and all the references were answered against the petitioners.