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THE HIGH COURT OF GAUHATI [THE HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH]
MANISH CHOUDHURY
Nitul Boruah, S/o- Boparam Boruah – Appellant
Versus
Union of India, Represented By The Secretary To The Government of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
MANISH CHOUDHURY, J.
The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is instituted by the petitioner seeking inter-alia a direction to the respondent authorities in the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited [PGCIL], that is, the respondent nos. 3 – 5 to pay a sum of Rs. 44,92,800/- as compensation for acquisition of the petitioner’s parcel of land, indicated in Schedule-A.
2. The case projected by the petitioner, in brief, is that the petitioner became the owner of a parcel of land measuring 1 Bigha 2 Katha 17 Lessas, covered by Dag no. 321 & Dag no. 322 and Patta no. 107, situate at Village – Kachua, Mouza – Dhalpur, Narayanpur Revenue Circle, District – Lakhimpur [‘the subject-land’, for short] on purchase by way of a Registered Sale Deed dated 30.01.2019.
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