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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
G.S.KULKARNI, AARTI SATHE
Yogesh Kamlakar Mangle – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Aarti Sathe, J.
1. This is a batch of writ petitions which raise common issue of law and fact. They are accordingly being disposed of by this common judgment.
2. The challenge in these petitions is primarily to a circular dated 24th January 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the “impugned circular”) issued by the State Government through its Revenue and Forest Department, which is issued on the basis of orders passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the State of Haryana and Another Vs. Smt. Chander Kanta @ Kanta & Ors., R.F.A. No. 3469 of 2019 providing that from the date of issuance of a notification to acquire the land, sale instances which pertain to a period within one year before the issuance of such notification, would be required to be discarded and the land acquisition compensation shall be arrived at the actual market price prior to such period of one year and that on the basis of such fair market price the reasonable rates of compensation would be fixed. Illustratively, it was set out in the impugned circular that if the acquisition notification is published on 5th January 2023, then the sale instances retrospectively from 4th January 2023 to 4th January 2022
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The theory of deduction does not apply under the Acquisition Act, 2013; compensation must be based on the highest market value as per the Stamp Act.
Land acquisition proceedings are invalid if statutory requirements are not met, particularly regarding notifications and timelines, as established by the Land Acquisition Act and the 2013 Act.
The Supreme Court held that circle rates should not be the sole criterion for determining compensation under the Land Acquisition Act; the authority must use objective criteria.
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