Order

The challenge in this Writ Petition is to the order passed by the third respondent, Tahsildar, Kundrathur, Chennai dated 04.07.2025 and to quash the same, and consequently, to direct the second respondent-District Collector to pass a fresh Award in accordance with the Right to fair compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (for short, RFCTLARR Act,2013).

2. It is the contention of the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner that the third respondent, while determining the compensation, ought to have taken into consideration the market value of the petitioner's land, which is at Rs.2000/- per sq.ft., whereas, the third respondent has fixed the land value at Rs.343/- per sq.ft, and determined the compensation, which is meager. It is further averred by the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner that in respect of the same acquisition proceedings initiated by the respondents against the same land owner, (petitioner herein) with respect to the lands situated adjacent to the petitioner's subject lands, in the same area (viz., Kundrathur), the second respondent determined the compensation by fixing the land value at Rs.1682/- per