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The Union of India vs. Shri Vijaykumar So Gurunathrao Uranakar

Decided on 30 October 2024• Citation: MFA/102967/2024• High Court of Karnatak
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                                                   NC: 2024:KHC-D:16000           
                                                MFA No. 102698 of 2024            
                                            C/W MFA No. 102699 of 2024            
                                                MFA No. 102967 of 2024            
                           IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,                        
                                   DHARWAD  BENCH                                 
                                        TH                                        
                       DATED THIS THE 30  DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024                    
                                       BEFORE                                     
                        THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA                     
                 MISCELLANEOUS  FIRST APPEAL NO.102698 OF 2024 (LAC)              
                                        C/W                                       
                    MISCELLANEOUS  FIRST APPEAL NO.102699 OF 2024                 
                    MISCELLANEOUS  FIRST APPEAL NO.102967 OF 2024                 
                IN MFA.NO.102698/2024:                                            
                BETWEEN:                                                          
                THE UNION OF INDIA,                                               
                R/BY DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER                                        
                CONSTRUCTION UBL                                                  
                SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY, CLUB ROAD,                                 
                KESHWAPUR HUBBALLI, TQ: HUBBALLI,                                 
                DIST: DHARWAD – 580 020.                                          
                                                           …APPELLANT             
                (BY SRI M. C. HUKKERI, ADVOCATE)                                  
                AND:                                                              
                1. SMT. VASANTA H. M.                                             
   Digitally signed                                                               
   by SAROJA       W/O. SANJAY P. GUDAGUDI,                                       
   HANGARAKI                                                                      
   Location: High                                                                 
                   AGE: 44 YEARS,                                                 
   Court of                                                                       
   Karnataka       OCC: SERVICE A.O.LIC OF INDIA,                                 
                   R/O: JUDGES QUARTERS NEAR                                      
                   NEW  BUSTAND DHARWAD,                                          
                   POST: DHARWAD                                                  
                   TQ AND DIST: DHARWAD – 580 001.                                
                2. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,                                        
                   THE LAND ACQUISITION                                           
                   OFFICER DHARWAD,                                               
                   TQ AND DIST DHARWAD – 580 001.                                 
                3. THE CHIEF PROJECT MANAGER                                      
                   RAIL VIKAS NIGAMA LTD.,                                        

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                   SOUTH WESTERN  RAILWAY                                         
                   CLUB ROAD,                                                     
                   KESHWAPUR, HUBBALLI,                                           
                   TQ: HUBBALLI,                                                  
                   DIST: DHARWAD – 580 001.                                       
                4. THE PRINCIPAL REVENUE                                          
                   SECRETARY GOVT OF KARNATAKA,                                   
                   REVENUE DEPARTMENT,                                            
                   M. S. BUILDING,                                                
                   BENGALURU – 560 001.                                           
                                                        …RESPONDENTS              
                (BY SMT. KIRTILATA R. PATIL, HCGP FOR R2 AND R4)                  
                     THIS MFA IS  FILED U/SEC.74 (1) OF RIGHT TO  FAIR            
                COMPENSATION  AND  TRANSPARENCY  IN LAND  ACQUISITION,            
                REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ACT, 2013, PRAYING TO,            
                CALL FOR THE RECORDS  AND SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT  AND             
                AWARD  PASSED IN LAC NO.13/2019 BY THE IIND ADDITIONAL            
                DISTRICT AND  SESSIONS  JUDGE  AND   LAND  ACQUISITION            
                REHABILITATION AND  RESETTLEMENT  AUTHORITY  DHARWAD              
                DATED 27.09.2023 AND TO CONFIRM THE AWARD PASSED BY THE           
                SLAO OF RS.2,78,784/- PER GUNTA WITH ALL STATUTORY BENEFITS       
                IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND ETC.,                   
                IN MFA.NO.102699/2024:                                            
                BETWEEN:                                                          
                THE UNION OF INDIA,                                               
                R/BY DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER                                        
                CONSTRUCTION UBL                                                  
                SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY, CLUB ROAD,                                 
                KESHWAPUR HUBBALLI, TQ: HUBBALLI,                                 
                DIST: DHARWAD – 580 023.                                          
                                                           …APPELLANT             
                (BY SRI M. C. HUKKERI, ADVOCATE)                                  
                AND:                                                              
                1. SHRI ARAVIND                                                   
                   S/O. RACHAPPA GANIGER,                                         
                   AGE: 54 YEARS, OCC: GOVT. SERVICE,                             
                   R/O: GOPANAKOPPA HUBBALLI,                                     
                   POST: HUBBALLI, TQ: HUBBALLI,                                  
                   DIST: DHARWAD – 580 023.                                       

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                                                MFA No. 102698 of 2024            
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                2. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,                                        
                   THE LAND ACQUISITION                                           
                   OFFICER DHARWAD,                                               
                   TQ AND DIST DHARWAD – 580 001.                                 
                3. THE CHIEF PROJECT MANAGER                                      
                   RAIL VIKAS NIGAMA LTD.,                                        
                   SOUTH WESTERN  RAILWAY CLUB ROAD,                              
                   KESHWAPUR, HUBBALLI, TQ: HUBBALLI,                             
                   DIST: DHARWAD – 580 023.                                       
                4. THE PRINCIPAL REVENUE SECRETARY,                               
                   GOVT OF KARNATAKA,                                             
                   REVENUE DEPARTMENT,                                            
                   M. S. BUILDING,                                                
                   BENGALURU – 560 001.                                           
                                                        …RESPONDENTS              
                (BY SMT. KIRTILATA R. PATIL, HCGP FOR R2 AND R4)                  
                     THIS MFA IS  FILED U/SEC.74 (1) OF RIGHT TO  FAIR            
                COMPENSATION  AND  TRANSPARENCY  IN LAND  ACQUISITION,            
                REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ACT, 2013, PRAYING TO,            
                CALL FOR THE RECORDS  AND SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT  AND             
                AWARD PASSED  IN LAC NO.12/2019 BY THE II ND ADDITIONAL           
                DISTRICT AND  SESSIONS  JUDGE  AND   LAND  ACQUISITION            
                REHABILITATION AND  RESETTLEMENT  AUTHORITY  DHARWAD              
                DATED 27.09.2023 AND TO CONFIRM THE AWARD PASSED BY THE           
                SLAO OF RS.2,78,784/- PER GUNTA WITH ALL STATUTORY BENEFITS       
                IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND ETC.,                   
                IN MFA.NO.102967/2024:                                            
                BETWEEN:                                                          
                THE UNION OF INDIA,                                               
                R/BY DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER                                        
                CONSTRUCTION UBL                                                  
                SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY, CLUB ROAD,                                 
                KESHWAPUR HUBBALLI, TQ: HUBBALLI,                                 
                DIST: DHARWAD.                                                    
                                                           …APPELLANT             
                (BY SRI M. C. HUKKERI, ADVOCATE)                                  

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                AND:                                                              
                1. SHRI VIJAYKUMAR                                                
                   S/O. GURUNATHRAO URANAKAR,                                     
                   AGE: 56 YEARS, OCC: SERVICE,                                   
                   R/O: H.NO.17 TIMMASAGAR GALLI,                                 
                   NEAR DAKAPPA TEMPLE HUBBALLI,                                  
                   POST: HUBBALLI, TQ: HUBBALLI,                                  
                   DIST: DHARWAD.                                                 
                2. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,                                        
                   THE LAND ACQUISITION                                           
                   OFFICER DHARWAD,                                               
                   TQ AND DIST DHARWAD.                                           
                3. THE CHIEF PROJECT MANAGER                                      
                   RAILU VIKAS NIGAMA LTD.,                                       
                   SOUTH WESTERN  RAILWAY CLUB ROAD,                              
                   KESHWAPUR, HUBBALLI, TQ: HUBBALLI,                             
                   DIST: DHARWAD.                                                 
                4. THE PRINCIPAL REVENUE SECRETARY,                               
                   GOVT OF KARNATAKA, REVENUE DEPARTMENT,                         
                   M. S. BUILDING, BENGALURU.                                     
                                                        …RESPONDENTS              
                (BY SMT. KIRTILATA R. PATIL, HCGP FOR R2 AND R4)                  
                     THIS MFA IS  FILED U/SEC.74 (1) OF RIGHT TO  FAIR            
                COMPENSATION  AND  TRANSPARENCY  IN LAND  ACQUISITION,            
                REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ACT, 2013, PRAYING TO,            
                CALL FOR THE RECORDS  AND SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT  AND             
                AWARD  PASSED IN LAC NO.11/2019 BY THE IIND ADDITIONAL            
                DISTRICT AND  SESSIONS  JUDGE  AND   LAND  ACQUISITION            
                REHABILITATION AND  RESETTLEMENT  AUTHORITY  DHARWAD              
                DATED 27.09.2023 AND TO CONFIRM THE AWARD PASSED BY THE           
                SLAO OF RS.2,78,784/- PER GUNTA WITH ALL STATUTORY BENEFITS       
                IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND ETC.,                   
                     THESE APPEALS, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER         
                WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:                                        
                CORAM:  THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA                     

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                                   ORAL JUDGMENT                                  
                       (PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA)               
                     Learned HCGP  takes notice for respondent No.2 and           
                4-State in all these appeals. Notice is not issued to             
                respondent Nos.1 and 3, since the appeals are disposed            
                off on a question of law.                                         
                    2.   These  appeals are filed under Section 74(1) of          
                the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land           
                                                                    1             
                Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013            
                laying a challenge to  the Judgment   &  Award  dated             
                27.09.2023  passed  by  the  Reference  Court in  LAC             
                Nos.11/2019,   12/2019   and   13/2019,    whereunder             
                enhancement  of compensation  has been  accorded. The             
                above appeals are filed beyond the prescribed period of 60        
                + 60 = 120 days and there is a delay of 175 days in filing        
                these appeals. Applications are filed seeking condonation         
                of delay in all these appeals.                                    
                1                                                                 
                 Hereinafter referred as “the 2013 Act”                           

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                    3.   Section 74(1)  along with the Proviso thereto            
                (sub-section (2) not being relevant) of the 2013 Act is           
                noticed for ready reference:                                      
                    “74. Appeal to High Court.                                    
                          (1) The  Requiring Body  or  any  person                
                     aggrieved by the Award passed by an  Authority               
                     under section 69 may file an appeal to the High              
                     Court within sixty days from the date of Award:              
                          Provided that the High Court may, if it is              
                     satisfied that the appellant was prevented by                
                     sufficient cause from filing the appeal within the said      
                     period, allow it to be filed within a further period not     
                     exceeding sixty days.”                                       
                    4.   The  language of Sub-section (1) of Section 74           
                and the proviso thereof of the 2013 Act is clear. Further, a      
                Division Bench of this Court in the case of THE DEPUTY            
                COMMISSIONER     AND   SPECIAL  LAND   ACQUISITION                
                OFFICER,  BENGALURU     VS. M/S.  S.V. GLOBAL   MILL              
                                   2                                              
                LIMITED,  CHENNAI   , has examined the matter in great            
                detail and held that  Section 74  of the 2013  Act  is            
                mandatory in nature and an application for condonation of         
                2                                                                 
                 ILR 2020 KAR 1897                                                

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                delay beyond the statutorily permissible time limit is not        
                liable to be favourably considered. Further, a Division           
                Bench  of this Court in the case of  THE  EXECUTIVE               
                ENGINEER     VS.   SPECIAL     LAND    ACQUISITION                
                        3                                                         
                OFFICER    has declined the  request for referring the            
                matter for reconsideration to a larger Bench.                     
                    5.   In view of the aforementioned, the applications,         
                in all these appeals, seeking condonation of delay are            
                dismissed. Consequently, the appeals are also dismissed.          
                    6.   It  is made  clear that  this Court has  not             
                examined  the  matter on  merits  with regard  to the             
                sustainability of re-determination of market value and            
                consequent enhancement  of compensation awarded by the            
                reference Court. The dismissal of these appeals is subject        
                to the decision in SLP Nos.215 -2016 of 2023 (M/s S.V             
                Global Mill Limited)  pending before the Hon’ble Apex             
                Court.                                                            
                3                                                                 
                 Order dated 23.09.2024 passed in MFA No.102543/2022              

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                    7.   In  view of  dismissal of these appeals, the             
                Registry to transmit the amount in deposit, if any, to the        
                Reference Court immediately for being released in favour          
                of claimants in accordance with law.                              
                                                  Sd/-                            
                                            (C.M. POONACHA)                       
                                                 JUDGE                            
                HMB                                                               
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