IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2009

(Arising out of SLP(C)No.24713/2008)

M.D., M/s. Ramakrishna Poultry P. Ltd. …Appellant

Vs.

R. Chellappan & Ors.

…Respondents

J U D G M E N T

ALTAMAS KABIR, J.

1.

Leave granted.

2.

The appellant is a Private Limited Company

engaged in the business of poultry farming which is

confined to the production of eggs. It has

constructed three separate sheds on Survey

Nos.242/2 and 249/3 in Nanniyur Pudur Village in

Karur District in the State of Tamil Nadu for

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accommodating about 1.25 lakh layer birds. It is

the case of the appellant that it had invested a

sum of about Rs.6 crores in acquiring the lands,

erecting the sheds thereupon and acquiring the

birds for the purpose of starting the poultry farm.

3.

At this juncture, it may be noted that the

lands on which the poultry farm was started by the

appellant, had been acquired in two stages. About

11 acres of land were acquired by the appellant-

Company on 23^rd June, 2004 and about 4 acres were

acquired on 19^th November, 2004.

5.

At about the same time, the 3^rd respondent, The

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