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NON-REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 11573 of 2022)
R. MANOHARA MURTHY AND OTHERS …APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER AND LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER …RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T B.R. GAVAI, J
1. Leave granted.
2. The appeal challenges the judgment and order dated
26th July 2021 passed by the learned Single Judge of the
High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru in M.F.A. No. 9993 of
2011 (LAC).
3. The facts in brief leading to the present case are:
3.1 A preliminary notification was issued on 19th October
2006 vide which the land admeasuring 14 acres 37 guntas in
Survey No. 15 situated at Yarabally village, Hiriyur Taluk,
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was notified for expansion of an existing tank. The final
notification was issued on 16th January 2009.
3.2 By an award dated 14th December 2008, the
compensation was determined at the rate of Rs.23,000/- per
acre with statutory allowances.
3.3 Being aggrieved thereby, at the instance of the
appellants, the matter was referred to the Reference Court.
The Reference court redetermined the market value at the
rate of Rs. 35,000/- per acre.
3.4 Being further aggrieved, the appellants filed a first
appeal before the High Court. The High Court allowed the
first appeal by redetermining the compensation at the rate of
Rs 66,000/- per ac...