IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
SUNITA AGARWAL, VIPIN CHANDRA DIXIT, JJ.
D.P. Public High School Mirzapur - Petitioner
Versus
State of U.P. and Others - Respondents
WRIT C NO. 54341 OF 2010.
Decided On : 05-05-2023
JUDGMENT
Mrs. Sunita Agarwal, J.
In Re: Civil Misc. (Review! Application No. 76758 of 2017 filed in Writ-C No. 11157 of 2013
In Re: Civil Misc. (Review) Application No. 76755 of 2017 filed in Writ-C No. 11159 of 2013
In Re: Civil Misc. (Review) Application No. 76750 of 2017 filed in Writ-C No. 20719 of 2013
In Re: Civil Misc. (Review) Application No. 76733 of 2017 filed in Writ-C No. 7490 of 2012
In Re: Civil Misc. (Review) Application No. 76728 of 2017 filed in Writ-C No. 56451 of 2011
In Re: Civil Misc. (Review) Application No. 76739 of 2017 filed in Writ-C No. 55314 of 2011
In Re: Civil Misc. (Review) Application No. 76745 of 2017 filed in Writ-C No. 54341 of 2010
Heard Sri Manish Goyal learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Praveen Kumar, Sri Kamaljeet Singh and Sri Suresh Singh learned counsels appearing for the respondent authority M Sri P.K. Chaurasia and Ms. Sarita Shukla learned counsels for the opposite parties/writ petitioners on the review applications related to the acquisition of the land of Village Mirzapur.
2. This bunch of review petitions is directed against the judgment and order dated 22.12.2016 passed by this Court in allowing seven writ petitions challenging acquisition notifications under the LAND ACQUISITION ACT , 1894, with the direction to the State to determine and pay compensation to the petitioners in accordance with the provisions of the Right to Lair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act, 2013"), treating the date of acquisition notification as 22.12.2016, same as the date of the judgment. The claim for compensation for constructions standing over the lands in question on the date of preliminary notification was also directed to be computed.
3. The aforesaid directions had been issued while holding that the notifications under sections 4 and 6 of the LAND ACQUISITION ACT , 1894 were bad as the decision of the State Government for invoking power under section 17(1) and 17(4) of the LAND ACQUISITION ACT , 1894, for invocation of the urgency clause, was without any material for invoking such power. On the statement of the counsels for the writ petitioners, therein while noticing that no award had been made by the Special Land Acquisition Officer with reference to the notifications under challenge, placing reliance on the judgment of the Apex Court in Sahara India Commercial Corporation Limited and others v. State of Uttar Pradesh and others, (2017) 11 SCC 339, [Civil Appeal No. 11501 of 2011] decided on 30.11.2016, it was concluded that since the notifications for acquisition were held bad, the tenure holders were entitled for compensation under the Act, 2013.
4. Before going into the rival contentions of the counsels for the parties to examine the merits of the review petition, we would like to discuss the law pertaining to concept and scope of review so as to assess as to whether review is permissible in the facts and circumstances of the instant case.
section 114 of the Code of Civil Procedure confers power of review on the Courts; it may be reproduced as under:-
Order 47, Rule 1 (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 provides application for review of judgment which reads as under:-
Abhiram Taleshwar Sharma v. Abhiram Pishak Sharma (1979 (4) SCC 389
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Review jurisdiction is limited to errors apparent on the face of the record; it cannot involve re-evaluation of evidence or serve as an appeal.
The court clarified that subsequent changes in law do not permit review of earlier judgments under established principles of review jurisdiction, emphasizing the notion of finality in judicial decisi....
The court established that land acquired for public purpose cannot be restored to the original owners once possession is taken, regardless of subsequent non-utilization.
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