2024 INSC 915
NON-REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). @ SLP(C) NOS.28287-28288/2019
ANEK SINGH ETC. APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR. RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
B.R. GAVAI, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. These appeals challenge the judgment and order dated
30.04.2019 passed by the learned Single Judge of the High
Court of Judicature at Allahabad in First Appeal Nos.836 of
1988 and 1124 of 2003, thereby dismissing the same.
3. The facts giving rise to the present appeals are as
under:-
Vide Notification dated 05.02.1977 published in the
Gazette under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894
(for short, ‘the Act’) the land of village Annanpura, Tehsil
and District Mathura admeasuring 263.05 acres was acquired
for the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development
Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the ‘UPSIDC’) for a
planned industrial development. Notification under Section
6 of the Act was published on 07.02.1977 and the possession
of the land was taken on 13.05.1977. The Special Land
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Acquisition Officer made the award on 30.08.1980,
determining the compensation on the basis of soil quality,
as under:-
Soil Quality Rate per Acre (In Rs.)
Baraha Avval Chahi 1489.93
Baraha Avval Khaki 6923.35
Baraha Doyam Chahi 7972.35
Baraha Doyam Khaki 4825.37
Putha Khaki 3143.98
Being aggriev...